Plaster vs Chalk - What's the difference?
plaster | chalk |
(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
(countable, New Zealand, British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
(uncountable) plaster of Paris.
To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.
(countable) A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
Tailor's chalk.
(uncountable, climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
(US, sports, chiefly, basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
* {{quote-news, 1982, March 22, Phil Musick, And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, passage=OK, let's get rid of the chalk' players right away. The ' chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.}}
* {{quote-news, 1995, April 6, , Notes on a Scorecard, Los Angeles Times
, passage=Excuse us for sticking with the chalk , but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.}}
* {{quote-news, 2008, March 24, Jason Bauman, Non-news of the week: Obama picks North Carolina, Beacon-News, city=Aurora, Illinois
, passage=Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.}}
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
To manure (land) with chalk.
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
* Herbert
In uncountable terms the difference between plaster and chalk
is that plaster is plaster of Paris while chalk is a soft, white, powdery limestone.In countable terms the difference between plaster and chalk
is that plaster is a cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast while chalk is a piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.plaster
English
(wikipedia plaster)Alternative forms
* plaister * plastre (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plasterSee also
* cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywallVerb
(en verb)- Her face was plastered in mud.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
Derived terms
* court-plaster * plasterboard * plastered * plastererSee also
* drywall * sheetrockAnagrams
* ----chalk
English
Alternative forms
* chaulk (dated)Noun
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(en verb)- (Mortimer)
- (Tennyson)
- Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.