Difference between Drapery and Mantle

What is the difference between Drapery and Mantle?

Drapery as a noun is cloth draped gracefully in folds while Mantle as a noun is a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by orthodox bishops

Drapery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: cloth draped gracefully in folds a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape

Mantle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover or conceal (something).To become covered or concealed.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishopsanything that covers or conceals something elsethe zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lampthe cerebral cortexthe layer between the Earth's core and crustthe body wall of a mollusc/mollusk, fireplace shelf.The top of a woman's torso, from her shoulders to her breasts

Example sentence: I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

We hope you now know whether to use Drapery or Mantle in your sentence.

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