The difference between Fleece and Flense
When used as verbs, fleece means to con or trick (someone) out of money, whereas flense means to strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
Fleece is also noun with the meaning: hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fleece and Flense
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Fleece as a noun (uncountable):
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
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Fleece as a noun (uncountable):
Insulating skin with the wool attached
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Fleece as a noun (countable):
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
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Fleece as a noun (countable):
An insulating wooly jacket
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Fleece as a noun (roofing):
Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
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Fleece as a noun:
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
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Fleece as a noun:
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
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Fleece as a verb (transitive):
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
Examples:
"There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t."
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Fleece as a verb (transitive):
To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
Examples:
"During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days."
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Fleece as a verb (transitive):
To cover with, or as if with, wool.
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Flense as a verb:
To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.