Difference between Buckram and Starchy

What is the difference between Buckram and Starchy?

Buckram as a noun is a coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. while Starchy as an adjective is of or pertaining to starch.

Buckram

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson or wild garlic.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

Starchy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to starch.Containing starch.Pertaining to the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.Pertaining to a similarly starched personality; not cruel, but filled with rectitudinity.

We hope you now know whether to use Buckram or Starchy in your sentence.

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