fibre vs man-made fiber

man-made fiber vs fibre

fibre and man-made fiber both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fibre	Yes	No	No	No
man-made fiber	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, man-made fiber is a hyponym of fibre; that is, man-made fiber is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fibre:

fibre: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
man-made fiber: fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

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, lint, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre, oakum, raveling, ravelling.

fibre (noun)	man-made fiber (noun)
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth	fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
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 man-made fiber

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