Checkered vs. Plaid

Checkeredadjective

Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

Checkeredadjective

(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.

Checkeredverb

simple past tense and past participle of checker

Checkeredadjective

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Checkeredadjective

Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past

Checkeredadjective

patterned with alternating squares of color

Checkeredadjective

marked by changeable fortune;

Plaidnoun

(textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.

Plaidnoun

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.

Plaidnoun

The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.

Plaidadjective

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

Plaidverb

(archaic) play

Plaidnoun

A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

Plaidnoun

Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Plaidadjective

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

Plaidnoun

a cloth having a crisscross design

Plaidnoun

short for Plaid Cymru