Yarn vs. Thread

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

To tell a story or stories.

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;

Example: ‘his narration was hesitant’;

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

tell or spin a yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.

A continued theme or idea.

Example: ‘All of these essays have a common thread.’; ‘I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.’;

(engineering) A screw thread.

A sequence of connections.

The line midway between the banks of a stream.

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

(Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.

A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

(figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.

(transitive) To put thread through.

Example: ‘thread a needle’;

(transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).

Example: ‘I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.’;

To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers.

A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse.

Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

Example: ‘A neat courtier,Of a most elegant thread.’;

A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; - such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking.

A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; - messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup.

To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

Example: ‘Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.’; ‘They would not thread the gates.’;

To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

any long object resembling a thin line;

Example: ‘a mere ribbon of land’; ‘the lighted ribbon of traffic’; ‘from the air the road was a gray thread’; ‘a thread of smoke climbed upward’;

the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together;

Example: ‘I couldn't follow his train of thought’; ‘he lost the thread of his argument’;

the raised helical rib going around a screw

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;

Example: ‘the river winds through the hills’; ‘the path meanders through the vineyards’; ‘sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body’;

pass a thread through;

Example: ‘thread a needle’;

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string;

Example: ‘She had her eyebrows threaded’;

pass through or into;

Example: ‘thread tape’; ‘thread film’;

thread on or as if on a string;

Example: ‘string pearls on a string’; ‘the child drew glass beads on a string’; ‘thread dried cranberries’;