Enamel vs Plaster - What's the difference?
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An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
To coat or decorate with enamel.
To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
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To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
(countable, New Zealand, British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
(uncountable) plaster of Paris.
To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
In transitive terms the difference between enamel and plaster
is that enamel is to disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion while plaster is to hide or cover up, as if with plaster.enamel
English
(wikipedia enamel)Noun
Verb
- Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
- to enamel''' card paper; to '''enamel leather or cloth
Derived terms
* enamelware * porcelain enamel * tooth enamel * vitreous enamelAnagrams
*plaster
English
(wikipedia plaster)Alternative forms
* plaister * plastre (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plasterSee also
* cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywallVerb
(en verb)- Her face was plastered in mud.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
