Bowtie vs. Ribbon: What's the Difference?

A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

A narrow strip or band of fabric, especially a fine fabric such as satin or velvet, finished at the edges and used for trimming, tying, or finishing.

(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

Something, such as a tape measure, that resembles a ribbon.

Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

A long thin strip

Ribbons Tattered or ragged strips

An inked strip of cloth used for making an impression, as in a typewriter.

A band of colored cloth signifying membership in an order or the award of a prize.

A strip of colored cloth worn on the left breast of a uniform to indicate the award of a medal or decoration.

Ribbons(Informal) Reins for driving horses.

See ledger board.

To decorate or tie with ribbons.

To tear into ribbons or shreds.

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

An awareness ribbon.

An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.

A narrow strip or shred.

(cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.

(shipbuilding) ribband

(nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.

A watchspring.

A bandsaw.

Reins for a horse.

(heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

(spinning) A sliver.

(journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.

A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

(transitive) To decorate with ribbon.

(transitive) To stripe or streak.

A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.

Same as Rib-band.

Driving reins.

A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

A silver.

To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.

Any long object resembling a thin line;

An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter

Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming