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Yarn vs. String — What's the Difference?

Yarn vs. String — What's the Difference?

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Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

String

Material made of drawn-out, twisted fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.

Yarn

A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.

String

A strand or cord of such material.

Yarn

A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.
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String

A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.

Yarn

(Informal) A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.

String

Strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments, especially violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.

Yarn

To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.

String

Strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.

Yarn

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

String

Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line
Limp strings of hair.

Yarn

(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

String

A plant fiber.

Yarn

(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

String

(Physics) One of the extremely minute objects that form the basis of string theory.

Yarn

To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

String

A set of objects threaded together or attached on a string
A string of beads.

Yarn

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

String

A number of objects arranged in a line
A string of islands.

Yarn

One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

String

(Computers) A set of consecutive characters.

Yarn

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

String

A series of similar or related acts, events, or items
A string of victories.

Yarn

The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
His narration was hesitant

String

A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.

Yarn

A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

String

A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management
A string of boutiques.

Yarn

Tell or spin a yarn

String

A group of players ranked according to ability within a team
He made the second string.

String

A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.

String

A stringboard.

String

A stringcourse.

String

(Games) The balk line in billiards.

String

(Informal) A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural
A gift with no strings attached.

String

To fit or furnish with strings or a string
String a guitar.
String a tennis racket.

String

To stretch out or extend
String a wire across a room.

String

To thread on a string
String popcorn.

String

To arrange in a line or series
Strung the words into a sentence.

String

To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings
String a hammock between trees.

String

To strip (vegetables) of fibers.

String

To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession
"We followed the others stringing through the narrow paved paths" (Susan Richards Shreve).

String

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

String

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

String

(countable) A thread

String

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

String

(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
A violinstring
A bowstring

String

(sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.

String

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
A string of shells or beads
A string of sausages

String

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

String

(countable) A series of items or events.
A string of successes

String

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

String

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

String

(collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

String

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

String

A stringed instrument.

String

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

String

The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
No strings attached

String

The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

String

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

String

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

String

The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

String

The points made in a game of billiards.

String

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

String

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

String

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

String

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

String

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

String

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
The strings of beans

String

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

String

(architecture) A stringcourse.

String

A hoax; a fake story.

String

Synonym of stable

String

(oil drilling) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

String

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.
You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

String

(transitive) To put strings on (something).
It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

String

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

String

To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

String

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

String

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.

String

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

String

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

String

The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
Me softer airs befit, and softer stringsOf lute, or viol still.

String

The line or cord of a bow.
He twangs the grieving string.

String

A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.

String

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed.

String

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

String

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

String

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

String

Same as Stringcourse.

String

The points made in a game.

String

In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.

String

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; - called also string line.

String

A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.

String

A sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.

String

A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10-33 cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also string theory.

String

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feetWith firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?

String

To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,That not a mountain rears its head unsung.

String

To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

String

To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.

String

To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding.

String

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

String

A lightweight cord

String

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow;
The strings played superlatively well

String

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

String

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;
A string of islands
Train of mourners
A train of thought

String

A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

String

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;
He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

String

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand

String

A necklace made by a stringing objects together;
A string of beads
A strand of pearls

String

Thread on or as if on a string;
String pearls on a string
The child drew glass beads on a string
Thread dried cranberries

String

Add as if on a string;
String these ideas together
String up these songs and you'll have a musical

String

Move or come along

String

Stretch out or arrange like a string

String

String together; tie or fasten with a string;
String the package

String

Remove the stringy parts of;
String beans

String

Provide with strings;
String my guitar

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