Fur, etc.
What are the proper differences among:
fur, hide, leather, skin or pelt, please?
Sometimes I find dictionaries reporting one or more words among them indifferently as synonyms.
Thank you in advance.
Mauro from Italy
Top answer
Fur is the soft fuzzy thick hairs which grow out of the skin of fur-bearing animals. It also refers to the material used in making coats. Hide is bare skin, usually peeled from the body and unprocessed.
- Fur is the soft fuzzy thick hairs which grow out of the skin of fur-bearing animals.
- It also refers to the material used in making coats.
- Hide is bare skin, usually peeled from the body and unprocessed.
- Leather is processed hide.
- It is used for making shoes and jackets.
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Fur is the soft fuzzy thick hairs which grow out of the skin of fur-bearing animals. It also refers to the material used in making coats.
Hide is bare skin, usually peeled from the body and unprocessed.
Leather is processed hide. It is used for making shoes and jackets.
Skin is an organ that covers and protects the body.
A pelt is skin with the fur, peeled off an ani
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