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In countable|lang=en terms the difference between class and skin

is that class is (countable) a category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation while skin is (countable) a congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between class and skin

is that class is (uncountable) admirable behavior; elegance while skin is (uncountable) the outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

In lang=en terms the difference between class and skin

is that class is to divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes while skin is to cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

As nouns the difference between class and skin

is that class is (countable) a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes while skin is (uncountable) the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

As verbs the difference between class and skin

is that class is to assign to a class; to classify while skin is to injure the skin of.

As an adjective class

is (irish|british|slang) great; fabulous.

class

English

(wikipedia class)

Noun

  • (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.}}
  • (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
  • (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
  • (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
  • (countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
  • A series of classes covering a single subject.
  • (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
  • (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
  • (biology, taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
  • Best of its kind.
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  • (mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
  • (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
  • (programming, object-oriented) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
  • One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader .
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * business class * character class * class action * class clown * class diagram * class reunion * class struggle * economy class * equivalence class * first class * form class * middle class * noun class * pitch class * professional class * school class * second class * social class * spectral class * super class * third class * touch of class * upper class * working class * abstract class * anonymous/local class * base class * class diagram * convenience class * factory class * final class * inner class * outer class * static class * subclass * wrapper class

    Verb

  • To assign to a class; to classify.
  • * , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
  • , chapter=2 citation , passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
  • To be grouped or classed.
  • — Tatham.
  • To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
  • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * outclass * subclass

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Irish, British, slang) great; fabulous
  • Statistics

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    skin

    English

    (wikipedia skin)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
  • He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
  • (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
  • (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
  • In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you?ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
  • (countable, computing) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
  • You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
  • (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
  • Pass me a skin , mate.
  • (countable, slang)
  • (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual?s physical skin''. 1994 , ''Macquarie Aboriginal Words , , paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, Introduction.
  • (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
  • (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
  • Let me see a bit of skin .
  • A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
  • * Tennyson
  • skins of wine
  • (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
  • (Totten)
  • (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
  • Synonyms

    * (outer covering of living tissue) dermis, integument, tegument * (outer protective layer of a plant or animal) peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp * (skin of an animal used by humans) hide, pelt * (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid) film * (subgroup of Australian Aboriginals) moiety, section, subsection

    Derived terms

    * banana skin * buckskin * by the skin of one's teeth * calfskin * cleanskin * comfortable in one's own skin * deerskin * doeskin * get under someone's skin * give some skin to * goatskin * goose skin * it's no skin off my back * jump in one's skin * lambskin * loinskin * make one's skin crawl * moleskin * no skin off my nose * pigskin * sealskin * second skin * sharkskin * sheepskin * shirts and skins * skin and bone, skin and bones * skin cancer * skin care, skincare * skin cell * skin cream * skin-deep * skin disease * skin effect * skin flick * skinflint * skin flute * skinfold * skinful * skin graft * skinhead * skin in the game * skinless * skin movie * skin type * snakeskin * waterskin * wineskin

    See also

    * cutaneous * cutis * dermis * epidermis

    Verb

    (skinn)
  • To injure the skin of.
  • He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
  • To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  • (colloquial) To high five.
  • (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
  • Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
  • (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 30 , author=Kevin Darlng , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.}}
  • To become covered with skin.
  • A wound eventually skins over.
  • To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
  • (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
  • (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
  • Synonyms

    * (injure the skin of) bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape * (remove the skin of) flay, fleece, flense, scalp

    Derived terms

    * skinnable * skinner * skin up * there's more than one way to skin a cat * thin-skinned * thick-skinned * tough-skinned

    Anagrams

    * inks, sink

    References

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