Plank vs Pulp - What's the difference?
plank | pulp |
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
(British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
That which supports or upholds.
* Southey
To cover something with planking.
* Dryden
To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.
* 1998 , Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)
(colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
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(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
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A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
The soft center of a fruit
The soft center of a tooth
A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
As nouns the difference between plank and pulp
is that plank is a long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick while pulp is a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.As verbs the difference between plank and pulp
is that plank is to cover something with planking while pulp is to make, or be made into pulp .As an adjective pulp is
(fiction) of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.plank
English
Noun
(en noun)- His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* plank spankerVerb
(en verb)- to plank a floor or a ship
- Planked with pine.
- Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- to plank money in a wager
Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at '''plankingin Kingsford]'', in ''[[w:Herald Sun, Herald Sun] ,
- The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank' on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of ' planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.
Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world]'', in[[w:The Australian, The Australian],
- Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.
pulp
English
(wikipedia pulp)Adjective
(en adjective)- The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
- Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp " than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).