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What is the difference between dressing and gauze?

dressing | gauze |

As nouns the difference between dressing and gauze

is that dressing is material applied to a wound for protection or therapy while gauze is a thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

As verbs the difference between dressing and gauze

is that dressing is present participle of lang=en while gauze is to apply a dressing of gauze.

dressing

Noun

  • (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.}}
  • A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
  • Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
  • The activity of getting dressed.
  • * 2004 , Kathryn Banks, ?Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)
  • Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.
  • (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
  • (Ben Jonson)
  • The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
  • Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
  • An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
  • (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
  • Derived terms

    * dressing gown * dressing stick

    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    gauze

    English

    (wikipedia gauze)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
  • A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
  • A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
  • Wire gauze, used as fence.
  • Mist or haze
  • Verb

    (gauz)
  • To apply a dressing of gauze
  • To mist
  • See also

    * wire netting