Plaid vs. Plain

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

Plainadjective

Flat, level.

Plainadjective

Simple.

Plainadjective

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

Plainadjective

Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

Plainadjective

Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.

Plainadjective

(of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.

Plainadjective

(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).

Plainadjective

Obvious.

Plainadjective

Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.

Plainadjective

Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).

Plainadjective

Open.

Plainadjective

Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.

Plainadjective

Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Plainadjective

Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.

Plainadverb

(colloquial) Simply

Plainnoun

A lamentation.

Plainnoun

An expanse of land with relatively low relief.

Plainnoun

A battlefield.

Plainnoun

(obsolete) A plane.

Plainverb

To complain.

Plainverb

To lament, bewail.

Plainverb

To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

Plainverb

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Plainverb

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

Plainverb

To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

Plainverb

To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

Plainverb

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Plainadjective

Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

Plainadjective

Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Plainadjective

Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

Plainadjective

Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Plainadverb

In a plain manner; plainly.

Plainnoun

Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

Plainnoun

A field of battle.

Plainnoun

extensive tract of level open land;

Plainnoun

a basic knitting stitch

Plainverb

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Plainadjective

clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

Plainadjective

not elaborate or elaborated; simple;

Plainadjective

lacking patterns especially in color

Plainadjective

not mixed with extraneous elements;

Plainadjective

free from any effort to soften to disguise;

Plainadjective

lacking embellishment or ornamentation;

Plainadjective

lacking stylistic embellishment;

Plainadjective

comprehensible to the general public;

Plainadjective

lacking in physical beauty or proportion;

Plainadverb

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');

Plainadjective

not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character

Plainadjective

without a pattern; in only one colour

Plainadjective

(of paper) without lines.

Plainadjective

bearing no indication as to contents or affiliation

Plainadjective

having no pretensions; not remarkable or special

Plainadjective

(of a person) without a special title or status

Plainadjective

easy to perceive or understand; clear

Plainadjective

(of written or spoken usage) clearly expressed, without the use of technical or abstruse terms

Plainadjective

not using concealment or deception; frank

Plainadjective

(of a person) not beautiful or attractive

Plainadjective

sheer; simple (used for emphasis)

Plainadjective

denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.

Plainadverb

used for emphasis

Plainadverb

clearly or unequivocally

Plainnoun

a large area of flat land with few trees

Plainverb

mourn or lament.

Plainverb

complain.

Plainverb

emit a mournful or plaintive sound.

Plain

In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and are primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands.In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides, but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains, or by cliffs.