different between tactile vs texture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tækta?l/, /?tækt?l/

Adjective

tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)

1. Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
2. Used for feeling.
3. Of or relating to the sense of touch.
   • H. N. Martin

     The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

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Translations

See also

• haptic
• palpable
• touchable

Further reading

• tactile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tactile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tactile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lattice, talcite

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin t?ctilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.til/

Adjective

tactile (plural tactiles)

1. tactile
2. haptic

Derived terms

• écran tactile
• tactilement

Further reading

• “tactile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

t?ctile

1. nominative neuter singular of t?ctilis
2. accusative neuter singular of t?ctilis
3. vocative neuter singular of t?ctilis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?kst??(?)/, /?t?k?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?kst??(?)

Noun

texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)

1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

2. (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.

3. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
   • 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)

     The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.

4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
   • 1730, James Thomson, Spring

     Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

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Translations

Verb

texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)

1. To create or apply a texture.

   Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

Further reading

• texture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• texture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?k.sty?/

Noun

texture f (plural textures)

1. texture

Related terms

• texte

Further reading

• “texture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

text?re

1. vocative masculine singular of text?rus