What's the difference between cashmere and downy?

Cashmere


Definition:

  • (n.) A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
  • (n.) A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Immunization to provoke a persistent anti-melatonin antibody response at the winter solstice resulted in significantly increased greasy fleece weight, % cashmere yield, and mass of cashmere produced, but no change in fibre diameter in both sexes.
  • (2) has an unlikely new sideline - cashmere football scarves.
  • (3) It was flattering, appropriate (despite inevitable "oo-er, heels at a sports event" comments in the media) and, crucially, the look was not overpowered by Obama's mustard cashmere cardigan – although she was as ebullient and as natural as we have come to expect.
  • (4) Instead, he was re-imagined as a suave gent in a v-neck cashmere sweater, mixing drinks, listening to records, and appreciating the 'finer things in life', like jazz and beautiful women.
  • (5) Cashmere is not a specific breed of goat but rather a type of fine fiber produced by individuals of any breed of goat.
  • (6) There'll be no cashmere babygrows or playsuits, and I've managed to avoid spending £35 on the accessory my friends all seem to be buying, the Bumbo seat.
  • (7) "Dressing for pleasure" and "fun fashion" get a bad rap, especially for women in their middle age, as it is generally assumed that this is a euphemism for women dressing like clowns and not realising that, at their age (huff, huff), they should be wearing beige cashmere.
  • (8) Duff told Zhang: “You identified that 100% cashmere sample as 85% cashmere and 15% unidentifiable fibres.
  • (9) Flick through art and fashion magazines while luxuriating on Fendi cushions, Ralph Lauren bedlinen and cashmere wraps, then follow JJ's tips for places to eat.
  • (10) But I’m afraid that, if I did, I’d be found strangled tomorrow with a Fendi cashmere scarf.
  • (11) He's never had a cashmere babygro, nor Waitrose baby food.
  • (12) Cashmere for the It crowd The TV producer who brought you T4, PopWorld and The Real O.C.
  • (13) Leather palazzo trousers, for God’s sake, the most nonsensical garment, like a denim raincoat, or a cashmere bikini.
  • (14) Successful marketing relies on the notion that a failsafe process can be applied to anything to make it sell better – from personal reputations to cashmere onesies.
  • (15) The epicentre of cashmere growing, inner Mongolia, is built on a tradition of nomadic herding that goes back to Genghis Khan.
  • (16) GCC was found only in Australian Angora and Cashmere animals.
  • (17) A wiry 57, he arrives for lunch at Bar Pitti on Sixth Avenue, New York City, looking debonair in a cashmere Canali sports jacket.
  • (18) Duff told Zhang that Edinburgh Woollen Mill had sent a DNA-tested 100% cashmere sample for her to analyse in August 2016.
  • (19) But you also get genuine 100% cashmere sweaters in 25 colours from giant operators like Uniqlo for £60.
  • (20) The experiments, using a total of 1833 Cashmere does, were conducted to examine the effects on fertility and fecundity of intravaginal treatment for control of ovulation, time of insemination by cervical and laparoscopic methods, semen processing in pellets and straws, and number of frozen-thawed motile spermatozoa.

Downy


Definition:

  • (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
  • (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
  • (a.) Cunning; wary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have used bulked segregant analysis to identify three random amplified polymorphic DNA markers in lettuce linked to a gene for resistance to downy mildew.
  • (2) Downie holds that there is nothing to distinguish the doctor or lawyer from other occupations in terms of the criteria of self-interest and altruism.
  • (3) Of the three main groups of pesticides (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides), fungicides have probably the longest history, dating back to the accidental discovery in 1882 of Bordeaux mixture and the value of copper-based preparations for the control of vine downy mildew disease.
  • (4) Babesia moshkovskiiwas found in the blood of 6 of 30 downy (D) Prairie Falcons and in none of 5 adults (A) from Wyoming.
  • (5) A population of Arabidopsis thaliana growing locally in a suburb of Zürich called Weiningen was observed to be infected with downy mildew.
  • (6) John Downie, director of public affairs at SCVO, said: "We know that the top 20% of income earners are the most likely to vote, and as many as half of people in the bottom 20% don't vote.
  • (7) Downie concluded that the clamp-down was making it more difficult for the press to hold government accountable for its actions.
  • (8) In his report, Downie chronicled the Obama administration's use of the 1917 Espionage Act to prosecute leakers, and its development of a programme that requires government employees in every department to help prevent leaks to the press by monitoring the behaviour of their colleagues.
  • (9) John Downie, the SCVO's director of public affairs, said it welcomed Labour's plans to increase the powers and independence of local councils but said the party was resisting "the radical changes which are desperately needed to meet the aspirations of the Scottish people".
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Common loon ( Gavia immer ) with downy young riding on back, in a Matanuska Valley lake, Alaska.
  • (11) Rod Downie, polar expert at WWF-UK said: "With the speed of change we are now witnessing in the Arctic, the UK government must show national and global leadership in the urgent transition away from fossil fuels to a low carbon economy.
  • (12) CPJ’s critical appraisal of the NSA’s mass surveillance comes hard on the heels of a special report it published last October in which the former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie accused the Obama administration of blasting a chill through US journalism through its aggressive pursuit of official leakers.
  • (13) The colony texture of these mutants was downy and their mycelium sterile.
  • (14) #AustinJacksonStirkesOut 11.50pm BST Athletics 3 - Tigers 3, top of the 6th And then Reddick grounds out to second and that's shut-downy enough for Tigers fans who give him an ovation as his night is most likely over.
  • (15) Goats that have been selected for production of this fine, downy undercoat are referred to as "Cashmere" goats.
  • (16) According to Sky Sports News reporter Keith Downie , who is at Sunderland's training ground , John O'Shea just drove out of the car-park, rolled down his window and shouted "WES BROWN TO REAL MADRID!"
  • (17) All the canvases feature babies: gurgling smiles, downy hair, chubby wrists.
  • (18) Ellie Downie, from Nottingham, was only nine when her sister, Becky, a gymnast, made her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008.
  • (19) A random cDNA clone was identified as distinguishing near-isogenic lines for downy mildew resistance in lettuce.
  • (20) The NSW party president, Chris Downy, is the chief executive officer of the Australian Wagering Council which lobbies on behalf of the online gambling industry.

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