Roving vs. Sliver — What's the Difference?

A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber. Rovings are produced during the process of making spun yarn from wool fleece, raw cotton, or other fibres.

A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter

A continuous strand of loosely twisted and drawn fibers, such as wool, flax, silk, or cotton, ready to be spun.

A small narrow piece, portion, or plot

Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.

A continuous strand of loose fiber, such as wool, flax, silk, or cotton, ready to be roved or spun.

Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on on subject.

To split or become split into slivers.

A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

The process of giving the first twist to yarn.

(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.

Present participle of rove

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.

(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.

A narrow high-rise apartment building.

The act of one who roves or wanders.

A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

Travelling about without any clear destination;

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently;

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal;

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Divide into slivers or splinters

Break up into splinters or slivers;

Form into slivers;