Velvet vs. Chenille — What's the Difference?

Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet".

A soft tufted cord traditionally of silk, cotton, or worsted used in embroidery or for fringing.

A closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side

Fabric made of or resembling this cord, commonly used for bedspreads or rugs.

A soft fabric having a smooth, dense pile and a plain underside.

An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.

Something suggesting the smooth surface of velvet.

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

Smoothness; softness.

A soft tufted cord used in embroidery

The soft, furry covering on the developing antlers of deer.

A heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads

The winnings of a gambler.

A profit or gain beyond what is expected or due.

New England See milkshake.

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

A female chinchilla; a sow.

The drug dextromethorphan.

Money acquired by gambling.

To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.

(cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.

To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

To soften; to mitigate.

(of a cat's claws) to retract.

Made of velvet.

Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

(politics) peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon.

The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

Something likened to velvet{1} in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet.

Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

To pain velvet.

To make like, or cover with, velvet.

A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface