What is the difference between peel and skin?
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To remove the skin or outer covering of.
* Shakespeare
To remove from the outer or top layer of.
To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
To remove one's clothing.
To move, separate (off or away)
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
The action of peeling away from a formation.
(label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
(obsolete) A stake.
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
(Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
: to sound loudly.
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* 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
* 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
(archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
* Milton
(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
(countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
(countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
(countable, computing) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
(countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
(countable, slang)
(Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual?s physical skin''. 1994 , ''Macquarie Aboriginal Words , , paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, Introduction.
(countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
(slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
* Tennyson
(nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
(nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
To injure the skin of.
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
(colloquial) To high five.
(transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
(UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
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To become covered with skin.
To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
* Shakespeare
(US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
(slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
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Skin is a synonym of peel.
In transitive terms the difference between peel and skin
is that peel is to remove from the outer or top layer of while skin is to cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.In intransitive terms the difference between peel and skin
is that peel is to move, separate (off or away while skin is to become covered with skin.In countable terms the difference between peel and skin
is that peel is cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate while skin is a congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.As a proper noun Peel
is a town on the Isle of Man.peel
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
Synonyms
* (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, stripDerived terms
* peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peelerNoun
Synonyms
* (skin of a fruit) rind, zestDerived terms
* orange peel * peel strengthEtymology 2
(etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* peel-house, peelhouse * peel-towerEtymology 3
From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.Etymology 6
Misspelling of peal.Verb
(en verb)- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
Etymology 7
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.
skin
English
(wikipedia skin)Noun
- He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you?ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
- You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
- Pass me a skin , mate.
- Let me see a bit of skin .
- skins of wine
- (Totten)
Synonyms
* (outer covering of living tissue) dermis, integument, tegument * (outer protective layer of a plant or animal) peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp * (skin of an animal used by humans) hide, pelt * (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid) film * (subgroup of Australian Aboriginals) moiety, section, subsectionDerived terms
* banana skin * buckskin * by the skin of one's teeth * calfskin * cleanskin * comfortable in one's own skin * deerskin * doeskin * get under someone's skin * give some skin to * goatskin * goose skin * it's no skin off my back * jump in one's skin * lambskin * loinskin * make one's skin crawl * moleskin * no skin off my nose * pigskin * sealskin * second skin * sharkskin * sheepskin * shirts and skins * skin and bone, skin and bones * skin cancer * skin care, skincare * skin cell * skin cream * skin-deep * skin disease * skin effect * skin flick * skinflint * skin flute * skinfold * skinful * skin graft * skinhead * skin in the game * skinless * skin movie * skin type * snakeskin * waterskin * wineskinSee also
* cutaneous * cutis * dermis * epidermisVerb
(skinn)- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
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- A wound eventually skins over.
- It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.