Wool vs. Cotton

Woolnoun

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

Woolnoun

A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.

Woolnoun

Anything with a texture like that of wool.

Woolnoun

A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.

Woolnoun

(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Woolnoun

yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)

Woolnoun

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; - chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Woolnoun

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

Woolnoun

fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

Woolnoun

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

Woolnoun

the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn

Woolnoun

the soft underfur or down of some mammals

Woolnoun

a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibres

Wool

Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.Wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.

Cottonnoun

A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

Cottonnoun

Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.

Cottonnoun

(textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.

Cottonnoun

(countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.

Cottonadjective

Made of cotton.

Cottonverb

To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.

Cottonnoun

A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.

Cottonnoun

The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.

Cottonnoun

Cloth made of cotton.

Cottonverb

To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.

Cottonverb

To go on prosperously; to succeed.

Cottonverb

To unite; to agree; to make friends; - usually followed by with.

Cottonverb

To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; - used with to.

Cottonnoun

silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

Cottonnoun

fabric woven from cotton fibers

Cottonnoun

erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

Cottonnoun

thread made of cotton fibers

Cottonverb

take a liking to;

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose.