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Pasty vs Turnover - What's the difference?

pasty | turnover |

As adjectives the difference between pasty and turnover

is that pasty is like paste, sticky while turnover is capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

As nouns the difference between pasty and turnover

is that pasty is a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers while turnover is the act or result of overturning something; an upset.

pasty

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

(er)
  • Like paste, sticky.
    • These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well, they are very pasty .
  • pale, lacking colour, having a pallor
    • He is pasty -faced.
    (figuratively) He was feeling pasty .
    Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty .
  • (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned
    • Synonyms
    * (pale) pale, pallid

    Noun

    (pasties)
  • A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1989 , publisher=Pushcart Press , author=Joe David Bellamy , title=Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel citation , pageurl= , isbn=9780916366568 , page=29 , passage=Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty -topped breast.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2001 , publisher=Kensington Publishing Corporation , author=Irene Pence , title=Buried Memories citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?ei=nGxQTJPvCOb8sQbdkKivAQ&ct=result&id=Hb_yAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22pasty%22+stripper+bosom, breast, nipple, exotic+-cornish&q=%22pasty%22
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    • , isbn=0786012633 , page=52 , passage=One of the experienced dancers dabbed a bit of rubber cement inside a silver-sequinned pasty and told Betty to place it over her nipple}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , year=2004 , date=February 02 , author=Jake Drake , title=Janet Jackson and American Slut Culture , newsgroup=rec.music.opera citation , passage=There really is no other purpose for wearing a pasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2009 , year_published= , publisher=Jeffry S. Hepple , author=Jeffry S. Hepple , title=The Treasure of La Malinche , chapter=Mancha, Mexico , volume=2 citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=FLK2cwcv_JMC&pg=PA164&dq=pasty+stripper+bosom, breast, nipple, exotic+-cornish&ei=kGtQTP_LO4KezASv4ImgDQ&cd=4
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    • , isbn=9780984118229 , page=164 , passage="What's a pasty'?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term ' pasty ."}}

    Related terms

    * paste

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) paste and (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * pastie

    Noun

    (pasties)
  • A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A (savory) hand pie.
    • Usage notes
    The spelling pasty'' is considered correct in the United Kingdom but in Australia the spelling ''pastie is the more common.
    Derived terms
    * Cornish pasty * nasty pasty * party pasty
    See also
    * meat pie * sausage roll * BBC: Who, What, Why: What exactly is a Cornish pasty?

    Anagrams

    * English ethnic slurs English heteronyms

    turnover

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of overturning something; an upset.
    • a bad turnover in a carriage
  • The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a calendar year
    • The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.
  • The number of times that stock is replaced after being used or sold, a worker is replaced after leaving, or a property changes hands
    • Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.
    High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees
  • A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).
    • They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.
  • (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
    • The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
  • (dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.
    • a turnover collar

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