Difference between Plait and Lace

What is the difference between Plait and Lace?

Plait as a noun is a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. while Lace as a noun is a light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

Plait

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

Lace

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fasten (something) with laces.To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).To interweave items. (lacing one's fingers together)To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel

Example sentence: I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!

We hope you now know whether to use Plait or Lace in your sentence.

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