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Packaging vs Styrofoam - What's the difference?

packaging | styrofoam |

As nouns the difference between packaging and styrofoam

is that packaging is the act of packing something while styrofoam is expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.

As a verb packaging

is .

packaging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of packing something
  • the materials used to pack something
  • the industry that produces such material
  • (by extension) the manner in which a person or product is promoted

    • styrofoam

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=November 4, author=Cecil Adams, title=The Straight Dope, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=A while ago I read your column concerning the effects of hot tea on styrofoam cups.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
    • , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.}}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "styrofoam")