question: What is the difference between carpets and rugs?
comment: Pretty much just that carpets generally cover an entire room and are otherwise affixed to the floor permanently, whereas a rug is generally smaller and is placed over a floor and not physically bound to the floor underneath with adhesive/tacks/etc like a carpet would be.
passages: The term "carpet" is often used interchangeably with the term "rug". Some sources define a carpet as stretching from wall to wall. Another definition treats rugs as of lower quality or of smaller size, with carpets quite often having finished ends. A third common definition is that a carpet is permanently fixed in place while a rug is simply laid out on the floor. Historically, the term "carpet" was also applied to table and wall coverings, as carpets were not commonly used on the floor in European interiors until the 15th century.
   Section::::Carpet types.
  
  Section::::Carpet types.:Kuba.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Butaly.
   Rug design can be described by the way the ornaments are arranged within the pile. One basic design may dominate the entire field, or the surface may be covered by a pattern of repeating figures.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Kehna Kuba.
   Carpets can be produced on a loom quite similar to woven fabric, made using needle felts, knotted by hand (in oriental rugs), made with their pile injected into a backing material (called tufting), flatwoven, made by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric or embroidered. Carpet is commonly made in widths of and in the US, 4 m and 5 m in Europe. Since the 19th and 20th century, where necessary for wall-to-wall carpet, different widths of carpet can be seamed together with a seaming iron and seam tape (formerly it was sewn together) and fixed to a floor over a cushioned underlay (pad) using nails, tack strips (known in the UK as gripper rods), adhesives, or occasionally decorative metal stair rods. Wall-to-wall carpet is distinguished from rugs or mats, which are loose-laid floor coverings, as wall-to-wall carpet is fixed to the floor and covers a much larger area.
   BULLET::::3. The roller beam loom is used in larger Turkish manufactures, but is also found in Persia and India. It consists of two movable beams to which the warps are attached. Both beams are fitted with ratchets or similar locking devices. Once a section of the carpet is completed, is rolled on to the lower beam. On a roller beam loom, any length of carpet can be produced. In some areas of Turkey several rugs are woven in series on the same warps, and separated from each other by cutting the warps after the weaving is finished.
  
  Section::::Techniques and structures.:Tools.
   Section::::Subject carpets.
   Section::::Swedish Rugs Today.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Alikhanly.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Alpan.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Gyryz.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Hyrdagul Chichi.
   Section::::Types.:Needle felt.
  
  These carpets are more technologically advanced. Needle felts are produced by intermingling and felting individual synthetic fibers using barbed and forked needles forming an extremely durable carpet. These carpets are normally found in commercial settings such as hotels and restaurants where there is frequent traffic.
  
  Section::::Types.:Knotted.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Yerfi.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Zeiva.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Garagashly.
   Section::::Colors.
  
  For the final colors, brown, peculiar tones of reddish brown and of a very dark yellow are distinctive tints of Milas carpets and rugs. Wool has established itself as the main material for Milas rugs as of the 18th century, and the natural dyes are still widely used. Although industrial dyes of our day can more or less fully replace the savour and resistance of naturally obtained dyes, natural dyes will mature in the same manner as traditional rugs.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Gonagkend.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Alchagul Chichi.
   Section::::History.
   The term "rug" was first used in English in the 1550s, with the meaning "coarse fabric". The term is of "...Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialectal rugga "coarse coverlet," from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft," from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, perhaps related to rag (n.) and rough (adj.)." The meaning of "rug" "...evolved to "coverlet, wrap" (1590s), then "mat for the floor" (1808)".
  
  Section::::Types.
  
  Section::::Types.:Woven.
   Section::::Intra- and intercultural contexts.:Representative ("court") carpets.
   Section::::Carpet types.:Shakhnazarli.
   The woven carpet is one of the oldest manufacturing processes. It is woven like a carpet through a traditional weaving loom. The top and the back of the carpet are made simultaneously.
  
  Section::::Fabrication.:Needled carpet.
  
  From several superposed layers of fibers, the needling technique consists in hanging the fibers together through the use of special needles. The carpets obtained are very solid but intended for temporary use since they do not have the comfort of woven and tufted carpets.
  
  Section::::Fabrication.:Fibers.
  