Textile VS Leather

Textile

Normally textile means a flexible woven material produced by yarn or thread (made of natural or artificial fibre). Yarn is produced by spinning different types of fibres like cotton, wool, flax, nylon, rayon etc. We can also say that, textiles are formed by different techniques like weaving, knitting, felting etc. For further details explore what is textile?

Leather

Leather is a material created by tanning animal or cattle hide and skin. Leather is durable and also flexible. It is produced in cottage industries as well as heavy industries at manufacturing scale. Leather is found in four forms like full grain, top grain, corrected grain and split. Leather is used to produce different types of goods like shoes, hats, jackets, trousers, belts, furniture coverings etc.

The core differences between Textile and Leather

The core differences between Textile and Leather are as follows – 

Textile	Leather
Raw materials are fibre, yarn or fabric.	Animal or cattle hide treated with chemicals.
Great variety of colors can be found.	Variety of color is less.
Less durable.	More durable.
Less expensive.	More expensive.
More comfortable.	Less comfortable.
Extensibility is high.	Extensibility is low.
Comparatively more difficult to clean.	Comparatively less difficult to clean.
Less hygiene.	More hygiene.
High possibility of air permeability.	Less possibility of air permeability.

So we can say that if we want to differentiate between textile and leather we should consider the above points.