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Coating vs Paintable - What's the difference?

coating | paintable |

As a noun coating

is a thin outer layer.

As a verb coating

is .

As an adjective paintable is

that can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.

coating

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin outer layer.
    • They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
  • (archaic) Cloth for making coats.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.

    Anagrams

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    paintable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.
  • That can be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).

    • Antonyms

    * unpaintable