Mastic vs Glue - What's the difference?
mastic | glue |
An evergreen shrub or small tree, , native to the Mediterranean.
A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
A flexible, waterproof cement used as an adhesive, sealant or filler.
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
(obsolete) Birdlime.
To join or attach something using glue.
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To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
As nouns the difference between mastic and glue
is that mastic is an evergreen shrub or small tree, species: Pistacia lentiscus, native to the Mediterranean while glue is a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.As a verb glue is
to join or attach something using glue.mastic
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*glue
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(wikipedia glue)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glueVerb
- I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
- His eyes were glued to the screen.
- So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.