I found myse﻿﻿lf a bit confused b﻿﻿etween the different terms as they get used interchangeably. Out of frustration, I did some digging into how ﻿﻿experts﻿﻿ are defining these different terms. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.

The increasing availability of raw conductive materials such as inks, threads, and textiles opens a new world of possibilities to experiment with, to better help you craft electronics into fabric. Circuits can now be hand- or machine-sewn, woven, embroidered, inked, or knit; they can be lightweight, flexible, and even three-dimensional. But don’t throw your etchant solution and copper boards away quite yet, as it is diffi cult and time-consuming to sew complex circuitry by hand. For most projects, you will want to combine traditional printed circuit boards (PCBs) with soft circuits, controls, and switches.

Most simply, I define wearable tech as enabling interactivity around the body. The Apple Watch is an elegant, state-of-the-art piece of interactive technology and there is a massive market for this. But it exists in the domain of taking a smartphone and attaching it to our body. There are whole new unexplored categories of wearables to come.”

Aneta Genova: "Multiple LED Soft Circuit Tutorial"

Becky Stern, Adafruit: “Conductive Thread – 10 Tips.”

Betakit: "Intel's Fashion-First Approach To Wearable"

CNN: "Technology Gets a Makeover as Fashion Goes Futuristic"

Conductive Thread: “Soft Electronics Tutorial.”

Instructables: "Beginning Soft Circuits" gives you the complete step-by-step instructions for 19 different projects to light up your clothes. Learn to make your own sparkling tutu, a turn signal bike jacket, light up leggings and more!

Kent State University "Fashion Tech Hackathon"

Refinery 29: "This is the future of fashion technology"

Textile World: "E-Textiles For Wearability: Review On Electrical And Mechanical Properties"