Is there a difference between blanket and comforter?
Today, by googling and looking for the name of the cover of the blanket I found that it is called "comforter cover" and then I saw that the meaning of comforter is the the same as blanket allegedly. Is it indeed the same and it is used the same as a synonym?
Best Answer
At least in my (American English) usage:
Blanket: a warm bed covering that is much thicker than a bed sheet, but is only a single layer of material. It's usually woven or felted.
Afghan: a blanket that is coarsely crocheted. More associated with warming your lap while sitting than with a bed covering.
Throw: a light blanket meant to be draped (thrown) across a chair or sofa and used by the chair's occupant if necessary.
Bedspread: a colorful, medium-weight bed covering that makes the bed look attractive when fully made up. It may or may not be removed for sleeping.
Comforter: a warm bed covering that has a decorative cover and some sort of filling (down, polyfill, foam, etc.), but is sewn shut. You cannot remove the filling. Often used instead of a bedspread.
Quilt: structurally much like a comforter, but the cover is often made from many pieces of cloth sewn together in a decorative pattern, and then the whole thing is "quilted", which means criss-crossed with stitching. Popular as folk art.
Duvet: A more recent European import, once rare in America but now increasingly common (the comforter is becoming an endangered species as compared to the duvet). A very plain cloth envelope filled with thick fluffy filling like a comforter. Unlike a comforter, there is a separate duvet cover that is decoratively colored and can be removed and washed separately.