Blanket vs. Sheet

Blanket vs. Sheet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Blanket and Sheet

Blanketnoun

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

Sheetnoun

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

Blanketnoun

A layer of anything.

The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

Sheetnoun

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.

Blanketnoun

A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.

Sheetnoun

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

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Blanketnoun

A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Sheetnoun

A thin, flat layer of solid material.

Blanketadjective

General; covering or encompassing everything.

They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.a blanket ban

Sheetnoun

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

Blanketverb

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

Sheetnoun

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

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Blanketverb

(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.

Sheetnoun

A sail.

Blanketverb

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Sheetnoun

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

Blanketverb

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Sheetnoun

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

Blanketnoun

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep

Sheetnoun

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

Blanketnoun

anything that covers;

there was a blanket of snow

Sheetnoun

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Blanketnoun

a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

Sheetnoun

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

fore sheets; stern sheets

Blanketverb

cover as if with a blanket;

snow blanketed the fields

Sheetverb

To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

Blanketverb

form a blanket-like cover (over)

Sheetverb

Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

Blanketadjective

broad in scope or content;

across-the-board pay increasesan all-embracing definitionblanket sanctions against human-rights violatorsan invention with broad applicationsa panoptic study of Soviet nationalitygranted him wide powers

Sheetverb

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

Sheetnoun

any broad thin expanse or surface;

a sheet of ice

Sheetnoun

used for writing or printing

Sheetnoun

bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

Sheetnoun

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape;

we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y planeany line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane

Sheetnoun

newspaper with half-size pages

Sheetnoun

a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

Sheetnoun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

Sheetnoun

a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Sheetverb

come down as if in sheets;

The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Sheetverb

cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping;

sheet the body