Paper vs Wood - What's the difference?

In uncountable terms the difference between paper and wood

is that paper is wrapping paper while wood is the substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

In transitive terms the difference between paper and wood

is that paper is to fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats while wood is to supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

As a proper noun Wood is

an English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.

paper

English

(wikipedia paper)

Noun

A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

*, chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.."

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke

(lb) Wallpaper.

*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

(lb) Wrapping paper.

A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper'', ''term paper ), in particular one written for the Government.

A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).

A scholastic essay.

(lb) Money.

(lb) A university course.

A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

Synonyms

* (medium used in writing) bookfell

Derived terms

* abrasive paper * art paper * banana paper * blotting paper * bog paper * brown paper * butcher paper * carbon paper * chattel paper * cigarette paper * commercial paper * construction paper * * emery paper * filter paper * funny paper * graph paper * green paper * hang paper * linen paper * liquid paper * litmus paper * paper aeroplane/paper airplane * paper ballot * paper candidate * paper chase * paper chromatography * paper clip * paper currency * paper cut * paper cutter * paper fight * paper flower * paper hat * paper mill * paper money * paper nautilus * paper round * paper snowflake * paper tape * paper tiger * paper trail * paperbark * paperboard * paperknife * piece of paper * plain paper * position paper * put pen to paper * quadrille paper * rice paper * scientific paper * sheet of paper * scratch paper * soda paper * term paper * test paper * tissue paper * toilet paper * touch-paper * tracing paper * treacle paper * way out of a paper bag * white paper * wrapping paper * writing paper

Adjective

(-)

Made of paper.

*:At twilight in the summeron the floor.

Insubstantial.

Verb

(en verb)

To apply paper to.

to paper the hallway walls

To document; to memorialize.

After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.

As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.

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wood

English

(wikipedia wood)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wode, from (etyl) wudu, (Danish and Swedish ved) .

Noun

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

* (John Milton)

to worship their own work in wood and stone for gods

(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.

(countable) A forested or wooded area.

* (William Shakespeare), The Tragedy of (Macbeth)

Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him.

Firewood.

* , chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

(countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

(music) A woodwind instrument.

(uncountable, slang) An erection.

(chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.

* 1971 , Chess Life & Review (volume 26, page 309)

White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.

Usage notes

In the sense of "a forested area", the singular generally refers to a discrete area of forest, while the plural is often used when a more vaguely defined area is meant.

Synonyms

* timber

Derived terms

* bentwood * driftwood * greasewood * hardwood * heartwood * kingwood * knock on wood * ironwood * olivewood * out of the woods * purplewood * saw wood * softwood * whitewood * woodchopper * woodcock * wooded * wooden * woodpecker * woody

Adjective

(-)

(rfv-sense) Made of or with wood .

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}

Synonyms

* wooden

Verb

(en verb)

To cover or plant with trees.

To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

to wood a steamboat or a locomotive

To take or get a supply of wood.

Etymology 2

(etyl), from (etyl) . See the full etymology at wode .

Alternative forms

* wode

Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

Derived terms

* wood-wroth * woodness

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

A peckerwood.

* 2009 , Brendan Joel Kelly, " Pride vs. Power", The Phoenix New Times :

Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods ," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.

* 2011 , Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls :

The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.

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