Corduroy vs. Velvet

Corduroynoun

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

Corduroynoun

Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.

Corduroyverb

To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.

Corduroynoun

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

Corduroynoun

Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

Corduroyverb

To form of logs laid side by side.

Corduroynoun

a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton

Corduroynoun

a road made of logs laid crosswise

Corduroyverb

build (a road) from logs laid side by side

Corduroynoun

a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.

Corduroynoun

trousers made of corduroy.

Corduroyverb

make (a road) out of tree trunks

Corduroy

Corduroy is a textile with a distinct pattern—a or wale. Modern corduroy is most commonly composed of tufted cords, sometimes exhibiting a channel (bare to the base fabric) between the tufts.

Velvetnoun

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

Velvetnoun

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

Velvetnoun

(rare) A female chinchilla; a sow.

Velvetnoun

(slang) The drug dextromethorphan.

Velvetnoun

(slang) Money acquired by gambling.

Velvetverb

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

Velvetverb

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

Velvetverb

To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

Velvetverb

To soften; to mitigate.

Velvetadjective

Made of velvet.

Velvetadjective

Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

Velvetadjective

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

Velvetnoun

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.

Velvetnoun

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

Velvetnoun

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

Velvetadjective

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

Velvetverb

To pain velvet.

Velvetverb

To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Velvetnoun

a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

Velvetadjective

smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

Velvetadjective

resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

Velvetnoun

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

Velvetnoun

soft downy skin that covers a deer's antler while it is growing

Velvet

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 .