Mat vs. Rug — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mat and Rug
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Definitions
Mat
A mat is a piece of fabric material that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface.
Rug
A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor
An oriental rug
Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug in front of the fire
Mat
A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.
Rug
A floor covering consisting of a piece of heavy fabric, especially one that does not cover the floor's entire surface.
Mat
A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.
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Rug
An animal skin used as a floor covering.
Mat
(Sports) A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.
Rug
Chiefly British A piece of thick, warm fabric or fur used as a coverlet or lap robe.
Mat
A densely woven or thickly tangled mass
A mat of hair.
Rug
(Slang) A toupee.
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Mat
The solid part of a lace design.
Rug
A partial covering for a floor.
Mat
A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering.
Rug
A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
Mat
A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.
Rug
A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
Mat
A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.
Rug
A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
Mat
A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.
Rug
A person wearing a rug.
Mat
(Printing) See matrix.
Rug
A cloth covering for a horse.
Mat
To cover, protect, or decorate with mats or a mat.
Rug
A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
Mat
To pack or interweave into a thick mass
High winds matted the leaves against the base of the fence.
Rug
(slang) The female pubic hair.
Mat
To be packed or interwoven into a thick mass; become entangled.
Rug
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
Mat
To put a mat around (a picture).
Rug
(slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
Mat
To produce a dull finish on.
Rug
(colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair.
Mat
Variant of matte1.
Rug
(transitive) To cover with a rug.
Mat
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
Rug
(Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Mat
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
Rug
Snug; cosy
Mat
(athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
Rug
A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him.
Mat
A thickly tangled mess.
A mat of weeds
Rug
A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, - used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potière, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
Mat
A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
Rug
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
Mat
A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
Iceland moss growing in a mat
Rug
To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Mat
(coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
Rug
Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Mat
Abbreviation of matinee
Mat
A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.
Mat
(transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
Mat
(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Mat
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
Mat
A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.
Mat
Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
Mat
Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
Mat
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
Mat
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
When he saw them so piteous and so maat.
Mat
To cover or lay with mats.
Mat
To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
Mat
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.
Mat
A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
Mat
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
Mat
Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
Mat
A master's degree in teaching
Mat
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Mat
A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Mat
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;
The child entangled the cord
Mat
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like;
The fabric felted up after several washes
Mat
Not reflecting light; not glossy;
Flat wall paint
A photograph with a matte finish
