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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #124163 - 02/29/04 08:13 PM carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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....., #124164 - 02/29/04 08:55 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 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... #124165 - 02/29/04 08:56 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe   old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 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". #124166 - 02/29/04 09:40 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I don't ever remember seeing wall to wall carpeting anywhere when I was a kid. #124167 - 02/29/04 09:48 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 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. #124168 - 02/29/04 09:54 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, I wuz jes' sayin'... good points all, jheem. formerly known as etaoin... #124169 - 02/29/04 09:58 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California well, I wuz jes' sayin'... Oh, so was I, eta. Just tryin' to glom onto their meaning(s). #124170 - 02/29/04 10:00 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 musick Carpal Tunnel musick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago ... and now it's all booged up. #124171 - 02/29/04 10:55 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. #124172 - 02/29/04 11:12 PM Re: carpet vs. rug   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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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