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wool vs alpaca

alpaca vs wool

wool and alpaca both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wool Yes No No No
alpaca Yes No No No
As nouns, alpaca is a hyponym of wool; that is, alpaca is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wool:
  • wool: fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
  • alpaca: wool of the alpaca
Other hyponyms of wool include Shetland wool, raw wool, cashmere, fleece, shoddy, vicuna, virgin wool.
wool (noun) alpaca (noun)
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
a fabric made from the hair of sheep a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving wool of the alpaca
Difference between wool and alpaca

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