Explain the differences between:
angora wool and cashmere wool

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Angora wool
Cashmere
The Angora rabbit is used to produce Angora wool. Cashmere is also a type of wool that is produced from the Kashmir goat.
Angora wool is a very fluffy and luxurious fabric that comes from Angora rabbits. Animal hair fiber forms the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat and belongs to the group of textile fibers called specialty hair fibers.
It is soft, rich, lustrous fiber is sheared out of rabbit hair available in small rabbit breeding farms in the Northern part of India Cashmere is a natural fiber known for its extremely soft feel and insulating properties

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Angora wool	Cashmere
The Angora rabbit is used to produce Angora wool.	Cashmere is also a type of wool that is produced from the Kashmir goat.
Angora wool is a very fluffy and luxurious fabric that comes from Angora rabbits.	Animal hair fiber forms the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat and belongs to the group of textile fibers called specialty hair fibers.
It is soft, rich, lustrous fiber is sheared out of rabbit hair available in small rabbit breeding farms in the Northern part of India	Cashmere is a natural fiber known for its extremely soft feel and insulating properties