Are all comforters quilts?

[EndlessCritic]

At lunch today a colleague advised that when he was younger, he had a Toronto Maple Leafs "quilt".

I puzzlingly asked him whether it was a regular comforter, or an actual quilt. He insisted they were the same thing. I insisted they were not.

Thankfully, Wikipedia was here to save us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt

According to Wikipedia: "In modern English, the word "quilt" can also be used to refer to an unquilted duvet or comforter."

How can a "quilt" refer to an "unquilted" object? That's literally demonic, and akin to the modern use of "literally" to sometimes mean "figuratively".

What say you? Do you use the term "quilt" to refer to any type of comforter? Can we all agree that all quilts must be quilted, and that an unquilted object cannot be a quilt?

 

[aunshi189]

The word comforter isn't used at all in Britain. I would use the word quilt and duvet interchangeably but I think the origin of quilt is something more woollen and knitted.

 

[650lb Sumo]

'England'
'Britain'
'America'
'ignore'
'hypocrite'
'ironic'
'Holland'
'bullets'
'spade / shovel'
'Hoover'
'Kindle'
'change a tyre'
'meet with'
'wait on'
'check' (instead of 'tick')
'sign off on'
'train station'
'speak to'
" instead of '
'Viking'
'regular'

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Philosophers have debated this since the dawn of time

 

[Sweater of AV]

No self-respecting Sherdogger uses the word "comforter."

My bench press and height keep me warm.

 

[gatchaman]

I'm not on team "quilt" or team "comforter". I'm on team "fluffy beddy".

 

[Pliny Pete]

What the fuck is a quilt, I never heard of that before

 

[EndlessCritic]

What the fuck is a quilt, I never heard of that before

a gay blanket I think

 

[Pliny Pete]

a gay blanket I think

 

[lsa]

@Slobodan collects quilts

 

[chardog]

sounds like a debate that would cause a rift between two old bickering women

 

[Wetarmpits]

No self-respecting Sherdogger uses the word "comforter."

My bench press and height keep me warm.

Also a hot pot of hard liquor with an idea of cinammon.

 

[Wetarmpits]

What the fuck is a quilt, I never heard of that before

I only know the word because of some shitty US family movie from the 80s?

An american quilt iirc.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Bonus post:

Everywhere except US or places culturally engulfed by it: turtle
US and areas culturally engulfed by it: turtle

Non-US: tortoise
US: turtle

Non-US: bus
US: bus

Non-US: coach
US: bus

Non-US: wrench
US: wrench

Non-US: spanner
US: wrench

Non-US: gas
US: gas

Non-US: petrol
US: gas

 

[GSP_37]

Depends on what the definition of is is.

 

[Lethal_Striker]

I've never seen the point of quilts and comforters. I just use a normal blanket.

 

[Osculater]

Bonus post:

Everywhere except US or places culturally engulfed by it: turtle
US and areas culturally engulfed by it: turtle

Non-US: tortoise
US: turtle

Non-US: bus
US: bus

Non-US: coach
US: bus

Non-US: wrench
US: wrench

Non-US: spanner
US: wrench

Non-US: gas
US: gas

Non-US: petrol
US: gas

 

[Osculater]

The first U.S. flag was a quilt

 

[milliniar]

Quilt patchier design, comforter more uniform can still have design.

 

[TheTickG]

At lunch today a colleague advised that when he was younger, he had a Toronto Maple Leafs "quilt".

I puzzlingly asked him whether it was a regular comforter, or an actual quilt. He insisted they were the same thing. I insisted they were not.

Thankfully, Wikipedia was here to save us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt

According to Wikipedia: "In modern English, the word "quilt" can also be used to refer to an unquilted duvet or comforter."

How can a "quilt" refer to an "unquilted" object? That's literally demonic, and akin to the modern use of "literally" to sometimes mean "figuratively".

What say you? Do you use the term "quilt" to refer to any type of comforter? Can we all agree that all quilts must be quilted, and that an unquilted object cannot be a quilt?

Here's the differences.

Quilts need to have a feminine or historic feel to it. I've only known women to own them.

Comforters have a more practical feel to it.

Duvets are for people who have a penchant to surrender during wartime.