Drapes vs. Curtain

Drapesnoun

(plurale tantum) Heavy cloth hung over a window.

Drapesnoun

plural of drape

Curtainnoun

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

Curtainnoun

A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

Curtainnoun

(theater) By extension, the beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.

Curtainnoun

(fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

Curtainnoun

Death.

Curtainnoun

(architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

Curtainnoun

A flag; an ensign.

Curtainverb

To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

Curtainverb

(figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

Curtainnoun

A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.

Curtainnoun

That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

Curtainnoun

That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

Curtainnoun

A flag; an ensign; - in contempt.

Curtainverb

To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Curtainnoun

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Curtainnoun

any barrier to communication or vision;

Curtainverb

provide with drapery;

Curtain

A curtain is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water. A curtain is also the movable screen or drape in a theater that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop/background.Curtains are often hung on the inside of a building's windows to block the passage of light.