Difference between Brindled and Tabby

What is the difference between Brindled and Tabby?

Brindled as an adjective is of a brownish, tawny colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted while Tabby as an adjective is having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

Brindled

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of a brownish, tawny colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted

Tabby

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.A brindled catAn old maid or gossip.

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