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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #124163 - 02/29/04 03:13 PM carpet vs. rug wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 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....., Top #124164 - 02/29/04 03:55 PM Re: carpet vs. rug Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont 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... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #124165 - 02/29/04 03:56 PM Re: carpet vs. rug Fiberbabe old hand Registered: 01/12/01 Posts: 771 Loc: Portland, Oregon 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". Top #124166 - 02/29/04 04:40 PM Re: carpet vs. rug wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 I don't ever remember seeing wall to wall carpeting anywhere when I was a kid. Top #124167 - 02/29/04 04:48 PM Re: carpet vs. rug jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California 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. Top #124168 - 02/29/04 04:54 PM Re: carpet vs. rug Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont well, I wuz jes' sayin'... good points all, jheem. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #124169 - 02/29/04 04:58 PM Re: carpet vs. rug jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California well, I wuz jes' sayin'... Oh, so was I, eta. Just tryin' to glom onto their meaning(s). Top #124170 - 02/29/04 05:00 PM Re: carpet vs. rug musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2661 Loc: Chicago ... and now it's all booged up. Top #124171 - 02/29/04 05:55 PM Re: carpet vs. rug Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 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. Top #124172 - 02/29/04 06:12 PM Re: carpet vs. rug wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 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. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222197 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 38 Guests and 5 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 65 LukeJavan8 54 may2point0 19 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8432 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6789 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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