The difference between Fleece and Skin

When used as nouns, fleece means hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

When used as verbs, fleece means to con or trick (someone) out of money, whereas skin means to injure the skin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fleece and Skin

  1. Fleece as a noun (uncountable):

    Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

  2. Fleece as a noun (uncountable):

    Insulating skin with the wool attached

  3. Fleece as a noun (countable):

    A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

  4. Fleece as a noun (countable):

    An insulating wooly jacket

  5. Fleece as a noun (roofing):

    Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

  6. Fleece as a noun:

    Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

  7. Fleece as a noun:

    The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Fleece as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with, or as if with, wool.

  1. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    Examples:

    "He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."

  2. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  3. Skin as a noun (countable):

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  4. Skin as a noun (countable):

    A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    Examples:

    "In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."

  5. Skin as a noun (countable, computing, graphical user interface):

    A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    Examples:

    "You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."

  6. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

    Rolling paper for cigarettes.

    Examples:

    "Pass me a skin, mate."

  7. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

  8. Skin as a noun (Australia):

    A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.

  9. Skin as a noun (countable, video games):

    An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.

  10. Skin as a noun (slang):

    Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    Examples:

    "Let me see a bit of skin."

  11. Skin as a noun:

    A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

  12. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  13. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

  14. Skin as a noun:

    A drink of whisky served hot.

  1. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To injure the skin of.

    Examples:

    "He fell off his [[bike]] and skinned his knee on the concrete."

  2. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

  3. Skin as a verb (colloquial):

    To high five.

  4. Skin as a verb (transitive, computing, colloquial):

    To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    Examples:

    "Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

  5. Skin as a verb (UK, soccer, transitive):

    To use tricks to go past a defender.

  6. Skin as a verb (intransitive):

    To become covered with skin.

    Examples:

    "A wound eventually skins over."

  7. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

  8. Skin as a verb (US, slang, archaic):

    To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

  9. Skin as a verb (slang, dated):

    To strip of money or property; to cheat.

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