Difference between Bedding and Bedclothes

What is the difference between Bedding and Bedclothes?

Bedding as a noun is bedlinen; the textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc. while Bedclothes as a noun is sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

Bedding

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Bedlinen; the textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc. Bedclothes. Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

Example sentence: If there is any way you can get colder than you do when you sleep in a bedding roll on the ground in a tent in southern Tunisia two hours before dawn, I don't know about it.

Bedclothes

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

We hope you now know whether to use Bedding or Bedclothes in your sentence.

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