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What is the difference between a carpet and a rug? I tend to think of a carpet as covering more space than a rug. But the dictionaries give them as synonyms. From a story I'm reading: Instead of the luxurious apartment I had prepared myself to behold, a plain, scantily-furnished room opened before me, of a nature between a library and a studio. There was not even a carpet on the polished floor, only a rug.....,
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I think of carpet as going from wall to wall, and a rug as having a bound edge. I might use a hunk of carpet as a rug, but only temporarily...
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Yeah, I think of carpet as having that wall-to-wall quality, whereas a rug just covers a portion of the floor... throw rug, area rug, mug rug ... no one I know would ever say "throw carpet".
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I don't ever remember seeing wall to wall carpeting anywhere when I was a kid.
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If a carpet goes from wall to wall, why would anybody talk about wall-to-wall carpeting? Or an area rug? (I.e., if it only covers an area anyway?) Also, there used to be talk about a flying carpet, not a flying rug. You get called onto the carpet, but have the rug pulled out from younder yourself. Carpet is from Latin/Italian and rug is from Scandinavian.
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well, I wuz jes' sayin'... good points all, jheem.
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well, I wuz jes' sayin'...
Oh, so was I, eta. Just tryin' to glom onto their meaning(s).
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... and now it's all booged up.
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I would say that a carpet is fancier than a rug. Just as a general thing. A Persian carpet, for example, is of a finer thread and a more complex design than a Navajo rug.
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All the wall-to-wall carpet I have ever seen is solid color. Any pattern would greatly complicate the job of laying it to look right.
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