Difference between Sheet and Canvass

What is the difference between Sheet and Canvass?

Sheet as a noun is a thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. while Canvass as a noun is a solicitation of voters or opinions

Sheet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking. A thin, flat layer of solid material. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface. A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail. A sail. The area of ice on which the game of curling is played. A layer of veneer. Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material Of rain, or other precipitation. To pour heavily.

Example sentence: One of the problems with hedge funds is that they are changing so rapidly. If you have the balance sheet that closed business last night, by 11 A.M. this morning, that won't tell you very much about what they're doing.

Canvass

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a solicitation of voters or opinionsa public opinion survey

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to solicit voters or opinionsto conduct a survey

We hope you now know whether to use Sheet or Canvass in your sentence.

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