burl vs raggedness
raggedness vs burlburl and raggedness both are nouns.
burl is a verb but raggedness is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| burl | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| raggedness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
raggedness is a hypernym of
burl; that is, raggedness is a
word with a broader meaning than burl:
- burl: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- raggedness: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Other hypernyms of burl include
roughness.
| burl (noun) | raggedness (noun) |
|---|---|
| soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | shabbiness by virtue of being in rags |
| a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven |
| the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer |
| burl (verb) | raggedness (verb) |
|---|---|
| remove the burls from cloth |
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