Blanket vs. Sheet

Blanketnoun

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Blanketnoun

A layer of anything.

Blanketnoun

A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

Blanketnoun

A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Blanketadjective

General; covering or encompassing everything.

Blanketverb

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

Blanketverb

(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

Blanketverb

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Blanketverb

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Blanketnoun

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.

Blanketnoun

A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.

Blanketnoun

A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Blanketverb

To cover with a blanket.

Blanketverb

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Blanketverb

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Blanketnoun

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

Blanketnoun

anything that covers;

Blanketnoun

a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

Blanketverb

cover as if with a blanket;

Blanketverb

form a blanket-like cover (over)

Blanketadjective

broad in scope or content;

Blanket

A blanket is a piece of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold a great portion of the user's body. It is usually used when a person goes to sleep or is otherwise at rest.

Sheetnoun

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

Sheetnoun

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.

Sheetnoun

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

Sheetnoun

A thin, flat layer of solid material.

Sheetnoun

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

Sheetnoun

A sail.

Sheetnoun

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

Sheetnoun

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

Sheetnoun

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

Sheetnoun

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

Sheetverb

To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

Sheetverb

Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

Sheetverb

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

Sheetnoun

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

Sheetnoun

A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

Sheetnoun

A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; - usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

Sheetnoun

A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

Sheetverb

To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

Sheetverb

To expand, as a sheet.

Sheetnoun

any broad thin expanse or surface;

Sheetnoun

used for writing or printing

Sheetnoun

bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

Sheetnoun

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape;

Sheetnoun

newspaper with half-size pages

Sheetnoun

a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

Sheetnoun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

Sheetnoun

a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Sheetverb

come down as if in sheets;

Sheetverb

cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping;