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Paste vs Pastie - What's the difference?

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Paste is a related term of pastie.


As nouns the difference between paste and pastie

is that paste is a soft mixture, in particular: while pastie is an item worn by strippers to conceal the nipples or pastie can be a type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape.

As a verb paste

is to stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

paste

English

(wikipedia paste)

Noun

  • A soft mixture, in particular:
  • # One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
  • # One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
  • # One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
  • (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
  • (obsolete) Pasta.
  • (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
  • Verb

    (past)
  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
  • (computing) To insert a piece of (e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
  • (informal) To strike or beat someone or something.
  • * 1943 , , chapter 23,
  • He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.
  • (informal) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    pastie

    English

    Etymology 1

    1960s.

    Alternative forms

    * pasty

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item worn by strippers to conceal the nipples.
  • Etymology 2

    13th century.

    Alternative forms

    * pasty

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape.
  • (Northern Ireland) A circular, battered and deep-fried meat pie usually consisting of minced pork, onion, potato and seasoning and served in a bap or with chips. A peculiarity of Northern Irish "chippy" cuisine, rarely (if ever) seen outside the area.
  • Usage notes
    The spelling pasty'' is considered correct in the United Kingdom but in Australia the spelling ''pastie is the more common.
    Derived terms
    * party pastie
    See also
    * pie * sausage roll