Coat vs Topcoat - What's the difference?
coat | topcoat |
(lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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*:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
(lb) A covering of material, such as paint.(w)
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
(lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
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Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
(lb) A petticoat.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:a child in coats
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .
A coat of arms.(w)
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
A coat card.
*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
*:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
To cover with a coat of some material
To cover as a coat.
A light overcoat.
* 1988 , Richard E. Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood ,
* 2003 , , Kenneth J. Northcott (translator), Walking'', ''Three Novellas ,
* 2007 , Ricardo Morada, So This Is the Good Old United States of America! ,
A layer of paint applied after the undercoat.
* 1966 , Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), Wood Finishing: Painting Outside Wood Surfaces ,
* 2007 , N. Nakayama, K. Morishita, S. Ochiai, T. Sekigawa, K. Aoyama, A. Ikawa, Evaluation of Environmental Barrier Coatings for SiC/SiC Composites'', Dongming Zhu, Uwe Schulz (editors), ''Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces ,
* 2011 , Jeff Strong, Woodworking For Dummies ,
As nouns the difference between coat and topcoat
is that coat is (lb) an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms while topcoat is a light overcoat.As a verb coat
is to cover with a coat of some material.coat
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoatVerb
(en verb)- One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
Anagrams
* * * * 1000 English basic wordstopcoat
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Noun
(en noun)page 100,
- He is wearing a black armband on the left sleeve of his gray topcoat .
page 114,
- Whereas Oehler habitually wears his topcoat' completely buttoned up, I leave my ' topcoat completely open.
page 42,
- Then he opened his closet and took out a black topcoat . It was heavily lined with silk, soft to the touch.
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- Apply two topcoats', particularly to areas that are fully exposed to the weather such as the south side of the house. A total of three coats (primer and two ' topcoats ) should result in an optimum thickness of 4-1/2 to 5 mils.
page 169,
- Fig. 7 shows the microstructures of lutetium silicate topcoat on SiC/SiC composite after various exposure tests.
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- Without the protection of the topcoat', your wood constantly expands and contracts and is more susceptible to warping and cracking. ' Topcoats also improve the look of the wood by adding depth and color.
