Wool vs. Sherpa — What's the Difference?

Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.Wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.

A member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.

The fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn

A member of a traditionally Buddhist people of Tibetan ancestry living on the southern side of the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. In modern times Sherpas have achieved renown as high-altitude porters and expert guides on Himalayan mountaineering expeditions.

The dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals, such as the goat and alpaca, consisting of cylindrical strands of keratin covered by minute overlapping scales and much valued as a textile fiber.

(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.

Fabric or yarn made of this hair.

(countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.

Hairy or downy material on a plant or animal, as on certain caterpillars.

A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.

Filamentous or fibrous material similar to the wool of a sheep or other mammal.

(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.

Anything with a texture like that of wool.

A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.

(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.

A resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; - chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

A fabric made from the hair of sheep

Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks