Pulp vs Dross - What's the difference?
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As adjectives the difference between pulp and dross is that pulp is (fiction) of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication while dross is brave, fearless, confident. As a noun pulp is a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. As a verb pulp is to make, or be made into pulp .
pulp Adjective
( en adjective)
(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
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, year = 1997
, monthday = July 22
, author = Eric Gimlin
, email =
, title = Re: Annual theme '98
, id = 33D504B4.105@swbell.net
, url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/h6fDoLuqLi4/pgvPYWi2DZIJ
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- The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
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, year = 2003
, monthday = January 3
, author = Mark Wheatley
, email =
, title = Re: PULP 2003 READING
, id = 3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com
, url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.pulp/lPi5SkZJfHo/KeinLoXh5_4J
, group = alt.pulp
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- Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp " than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).
Synonyms
* (l), (l)
Noun
(en-noun)
A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
The soft center of a fruit
The soft center of a tooth
A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
Derived terms
* beat to a pulp
* pulp chamber
* pulpaceous
* pulpal
* pulpament
* pulpectomy
* pulpify
* pulpily
* pulpless
* pulp mill
* pulpous
* pulpotomy
* pulpwood
* pulpy
Verb
( en verb)
To make, or be made into pulp
To beat to a pulp.
Derived terms
* pulper
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dross Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
(drosses)
Waste or impure matter
Worthless or trivial matter
Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation
The impurities in metal
A waste product from working with metal
Derived terms
* (l)
* (l)
* (l)
Verb
(es)
To remove dross from.
Anagrams
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