different between jacquard vs dobby

English

Eponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom.

jacquard (countable and uncountable, plural jacquards)

Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room.
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
(countable) A Jacquard loom.

jacquard m (plural jacquards)

jacquard m (invariable)

dobby (countable and uncountable, plural dobbies)

A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.
(archaic) A dotard.

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