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The correct answer is, there is no difference between wool, and fur, hair, whiskers, etc., just in which word we use to refer to it. It's all made of the same stuff.
"Fur" tends to get used for soft, dense hair, like rabbit fur and wolf fur, or dogs with similar coats like Alaskan Malamutes.
"Hair" tends to get used for longer growths, like horse manes or dogs with similar coats like Afghan hounds, or for short growing hair that lies close to the body, like "domestic short-haired cats" or dogs like Dalmatians.
"Wool" tends to get used to refer most commonly to the coats on woolly sheep, however other animal coats are referred to as "wool" as well, including goats, camels, llamas, and Shakespeare's three witches in his play "Macbeth" even refer to "... Wool of bat..." as one of the ingredients in their brew.
Also, one of the major ways to divide sheep breeds, is into "wool sheep" and "hair sheep".
"Hair sheep" have short, typically coarse, hair that tends to grow to only a short length, and then not any longer, unlike "wool sheep" whose fleece tends to just grow and grow and grow. I have several different breeds of both "wool sheep" and "hair sheep", myself. I only have to worry about shearing the "wool sheep" when hot weather comes. A lot of people confuse "hair sheep" with goats, because they think they look the same and that all sheep must be woolly. On the other hand, Angora goats (among other goat breeds) can have soft fluffy fur (the first one I bought was a juvenile several months old, and looked like an enormous white cotton ball), and probably look a lot sheep to some people.
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What is the difference between aran wool and chunky wool?
which is the thicker wool, Aran or chunky
Do alligators have fur or wool?
Alligators grow scales and have neither fur nor wool.
What did people wear on Everest about 50 years ago?
wool and fur...hats and gloves made of wool and fur... actually they wore a lot of clothes...wool and fur
When do sheep get their fur?
Sheep grow wool not fur and they are born with it. The wool grows as they get older and farmers shear them once a year for the wool.
What is the difference between wool and synthetic wool?
Synthetic wool is man-made; wool is cleaned, carded and spun fleece that animals grow on their skin.
What is the difference between faux fur and fake fur?
There is no difference. Faux fur just sounds better. "Faux" is the French word for "false".
Is the llama fur used for wool?
Yes, it can be used for wool.
What material can you make out of sheep fur?
Wool and cotton but mostly wool.
What is the difference between 'pelt' and 'skin'?
the difference is that a pelt is like a fur and a skin has little fur. a pelt can also be worn.
Do a horse gives us wool?
No horses do not give wool. horses don't give of wool or to much fur because there fur stops growing and only get thick fur in the winter just to stay worm then after that they shade.
What is the difference between feathers and fur?
Feathers are more resistant to water than fur
Do sheep havve fur?
No, wool.
