Difference between Selvage and Selvedge

What is the difference between Selvage and Selvedge?

Selvage as a noun is the edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge. while Selvedge as a noun is the edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.

Selvage

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling. The border on a sheet of postage stamps. A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling. Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.

Selvedge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.

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