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fiber vs fibre

fiber

Definitions

noun

  1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
  2. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
  3. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
  4. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
  5. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Examples

Owing to different structures of cotton fiber and chitin fiber, they have differentadsorbability to reactive dyestuffs.

Intestinal gas is typically caused by the fermentation of undigested food, such as plant fiber, in the colon.

The skin of D. holocanthus is highly elastic because of microfolds in the epidermis and collagen fibers of the dermis.

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fibre

Definitions

noun

  1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
  2. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
  3. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
  4. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

Examples

The dyes are in the form of a suspension of particles which, for reasons not fully understood, are adsorbed onto the surface of ligno-cellulosic fibres such as sisal, abaca and fique.

Having met a good deal of the sea, they knew, like a man who has felt a good deal of the world, that heavy endurance and patient bluffness are safer to get through the waves somehow than sensitive fibre and elegant frame.

The best philosophy is to change your food habits to a low-sugar, high-fibre diet.

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