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No they're definitely talking about duvets themselves
And I'm pretty sure by blanket they mean blanket
Seems like this is a regional thing, a duvet is a duvet in europe, a down/cotton filled blanket. (obviously with the language variations that come with europe, like here in Norway a duvet = dyne) A duvet cover is, a cover for it.
Meanwhile in parts of the US they call duvet covers just duvet, and duvets comforters.
Decke - a blanket.
Bettdecke - one intended for a bed.
Bettbezug - bags you put pillow and blanket in.
Bettlaken - sheet you put on the mattress. Generally sold separately because any pillow and blanket fits on any size mattress.
Having mattress or any part of the pillow or blanket exposed is completely unheard of in Germany, so is two people not having their individual blankets, it's just an unnecessary point of contention. I mean you can come and snuggle up but if you're stealing mine I'm stealing yours and we're even.
The French, OTOH, seem to be big on the two sheets and exposed blanket thing. Utterly impractical to the point that there's no German word for it.
Oh, while I'm at it: Linen. Get yourself linen stuff. Expensive, yes, but the moisture regulation is out of this world.
This has been a mildly confusing conversation to read.
I guess there's a difference between blankets and comforters, but other than usage, I'm not sure I could define it.
However ... If you showed one of either to me, I'm pretty sure I could identify which it was. Weird.
I think it's pretty simple:
Thank you for the clarification!
Perhaps it's regional? Or even generational? I'm pretty sure I've never heard anyone say "duvet" in real life. I've heard "comforter" many times in real life. The item described has never included a (removable, anyway; I inferred that from your descriptions) cover.
I did once accidentally buy a duvet cover on Amazon after learning the term "duvet" on Reddit and was very disappointed to learn that it provided no warming benefits.
ETA: After reading your other comments, I think what is a comforter to me would probably be just a (perhaps thick / heavy) blanket to you.
I think generally a comforter doesn't have a removable duvet, so it would need to be washed on its own, but I've heard duvet + cover called "comforter" quite a bit.
I see a blanket like this:
A comforter like this:
A duvet is this:
And you would wrap the duvet in a cover, with whatever pattern you like. You'd probably have a few duvet covers, but only one duvet for a given bed.
Those are reasonable. Based on your pictures, I would not differentiate between a comforter and duvet; and would use what you describe as a duvet without a cover. I would just wash the item on its own.
Maybe the biggest difference is that comforters come in many colors and patterns, whereas duvets typically only come in white, and you customize the colors and patterns with the duvet cover. Functionally though, a comforter and a duvet are the same things.
That makes sense, but I was previously unaware. Thanks!
It's pretty convenient when it's a bit shy of getting too hot, but a bedsheet would perform the same in those conditions
I can't speak for other duvet covers, but the one I got was essentially just a wrapper for what I would consider a comforter. It had a zipper on one end and was very thin. It wouldn't be impossible to use as a blanket, comforter or duvet, but I don't think that was the intended use.
Seems like a duvet cover is often called just a duvet in parts of the US, while a duvet is called a comforter.
There's so many types of duvets here in Norway where I live, there's summer duvets, winter duvets, extra warm duvets, light duvets, heavy duvets, lumpy duvets.... Etc
Sounds like it's regional, then. The clarification is appreciated.