fibre vs lint

fibre and lint both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fibre	Yes	No	No	No
lint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lint is a hyponym of fibre; that is, lint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fibre:

fibre: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
lint: fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

Other hyponyms of fibre include beard, byssus, bristle, glass fiber, glass fibre, optical fiber, optical fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, spindle, loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa, cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey, bassine, coir, raffia, string, fibril, filament, strand, man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre, oakum, raveling, ravelling.

fibre (noun)	lint (noun)
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth	cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions	fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

Difference between fibre and lint

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.