Batiste vs. Linen — What's the Difference?

A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used especially for clothing.

Linen () is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong, absorbent, and dries faster than cotton.

A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.

Cloth woven from flax

Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

Thread made from fibers of the flax plant.

A thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses

Cloth woven from this thread.

Also linens Articles or garments, such as sheets, tablecloths, or underwear, formerly made of linen and now usually made of other fabrics, especially cotton.

Paper made from flax fibers or having a linenlike luster.

Made of flax or linen.

Resembling linen.

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

(countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

Made from linen cloth or thread.

Having the colour linen, light beige.

Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; - used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens

Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

White goods or clothing made with linen cloth