Difference between Felt and Fleece

What is the difference between Felt and Fleece?

Felt as a noun is a cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. while Fleece as a noun is hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

Felt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. A hat made of felt. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. — Sir Matthew Hale To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam engine. To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

Fleece

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animalInsulating skin with the wool attachedA textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.An insulating wooly jacketMat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Con or trick someone out of money.To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep).

We hope you now know whether to use Felt or Fleece in your sentence.

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