Gauze vs Plaster - What's the difference?
gauze | plaster |
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
To apply a dressing of gauze
To mist
(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.
As nouns the difference between gauze and plaster
is that gauze is a thin fabric with a loose, open weave while plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.As verbs the difference between gauze and plaster
is that gauze is to apply a dressing of gauze while plaster is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.gauze
English
(wikipedia gauze)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(gauz)See also
* wire nettingplaster
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.