#124163 - 02/29/04 03:13 PM
carpet vs. rug
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Carpal Tunnel
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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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#124164 - 02/29/04 03:55 PM
Re: carpet vs. rug
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
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Loc: Vermont
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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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#124166 - 02/29/04 04:40 PM
Re: carpet vs. rug
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Carpal Tunnel
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I don't ever remember seeing wall to wall carpeting anywhere
when I was a kid.
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#124167 - 02/29/04 04:48 PM
Re: carpet vs. rug
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veteran
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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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#124168 - 02/29/04 04:54 PM
Re: carpet vs. rug
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Carpal Tunnel
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well, I wuz jes' sayin'... good points all, jheem. 
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#124172 - 02/29/04 06:12 PM
Re: carpet vs. rug
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Carpal Tunnel
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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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