Grout vs Plaster - What's the difference?
grout | plaster |
A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
Coarse meal; groats.
(typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
* Charles Dickens
(UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.
To insert mortar between tiles.
(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 plaster and grout
is that plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes while grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.As verbs the difference between plaster and grout
is that plaster is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster while grout is to insert mortar between tiles.grout
English
Noun
- grouts of tea
Verb
- I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
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.