Cover vs Paint - What's the difference?
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A lid.
A hiding from view.
A front and back of a book or magazine.
A top sheet of a bed.
A cover charge.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal .
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, title=(The Celebrity)
, chapter=1 (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
(topology) A set (more often known as a family ) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
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To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
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To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
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To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
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*:the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
(label) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
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To deal with.
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*:Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist'', ''The New York Times'', ''Scientific American'', and ''Wired .
To be enough money for.
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(label) To act as a replacement.
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(label) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
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(label) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or'' to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; ''or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
To provide insurance coverage for.
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To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
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To protect or control (a piece or square).
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A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
* 2007 , Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction (page 116)
(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.
(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
* 1993 , Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy
* 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking
* 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing
To apply paint to.
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, chapter=1 To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To create (an image) with paints.
To practise the art of painting pictures.
(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
* 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows
(figuratively) To depict or portray.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
In intransitive terms the difference between cover and paint
is that cover is to act as a replacement while paint is to color one's face by way of beautifying it.In transitive terms the difference between cover and paint
is that cover is to have as an assignment or responsibility while paint is to create (an image) with paints.As nouns the difference between cover and paint
is that cover is a lid while paint is a substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.As verbs the difference between cover and paint
is that cover is to place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect while paint is to apply paint to.As an adjective cover
is of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.cover
English
(wikipedia cover)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
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Derived terms
* cover board * cover charge * cover letter * cover story * cover version * take cover * tonneau coverAdjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)Charles T. Ambrose
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "cover")Derived terms
* coverage * cover up * cover one's bases * coverer * discover * duck and cover * recover * uncoverDescendants
* German: (l)paint
English
(wikipedia paint)Noun
- René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
- Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
- If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.
Derived terms
* face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paintReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces
- not painted with the crimson spots of blood
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .
- Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
- If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
- Let her paint an inch thick.
