Main Difference
The main difference between Flannel and Velvet is that the Flannel is a soft woven fabric with a lightly napped surface and Velvet is a type of pile fabric
Flannel
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Vegetable flannel is made from Scots pine fibre.Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain unbrushed. Brushing is a mechanical process wherein a fine metal brush rubs the fabric to raise fine fibres from the loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one side or both sides. If the flannel is not napped, it gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn in its woven form.
Flannel is commonly used to make tartan clothing, blankets, bed sheets, and sleepwear. The term “flannel shirt” is often used casually to mean any shirt with a plaid or tartan pattern.
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 “smooth like velvet.” Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers.
Flannel (noun)
A soft woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
“With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.”
Flannel (noun)
A washcloth.
Flannel (noun)
A flannel shirt.
Flannel (noun)
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Flannel (adjective)
made of flannel
Flannel (verb)
To rub with a flannel.
Flannel (verb)
To wrap in flannel.
Flannel (verb)
To flatter; to suck up to.
Velvet (noun)
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
Velvet (noun)
Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer’s antlers.
Velvet (noun)
A female chinchilla; a sow.
Velvet (noun)
The drug dextromethorphan.
Velvet (noun)
Money acquired by gambling.
Velvet (verb)
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
Velvet (verb)
To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
Velvet (verb)
To remove the velvet from a deer’s antlers.
Velvet (verb)
To soften; to mitigate.
Velvet (adjective)
Made of velvet.
Velvet (adjective)
Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
Velvet (adjective)
peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.
Flannel (noun)
a kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised
“a check flannel shirt”
Flannel (noun)
men’s trousers made of flannel
“he was dressed in a tweed jacket and grey flannels”
Flannel (noun)
short for flannelette
Flannel (noun)
a small piece of towelling used for washing oneself.
Flannel (noun)
bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly
“a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel”
Flannel (verb)
use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.
Velvet (noun)
a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side
“an armchair covered in velvet”
“red velvet curtains”
Velvet (noun)
soft downy skin that covers a deer’s antler while it is growing
“the bucks are still in velvet”
“a moose was rubbing the velvet from his antlers”
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