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Plaster vs Blaster - What's the difference?

plaster | blaster |

As nouns the difference between plaster and blaster

is that plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes while blaster is anything that, or anyone who blasts.

As a verb plaster

is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.

plaster

Alternative forms

* plaister * plastre (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
  • (countable, New Zealand, British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
  • (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
  • (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
  • (uncountable) plaster of Paris.
  • Derived terms

    * plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plaster

    See also

    * cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywall

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
  • Her face was plastered in mud.
  • To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
  • The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

    Derived terms

    * court-plaster * plasterboard * plastered * plasterer

    See also

    * drywall * sheetrock

    Anagrams

    * ----

    blaster

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (science fiction weapon) blastor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
  • A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
  • (science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires energy.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1938 , date = April , first = Henry , last = Kuttner , authorlink = Henry Kuttner , magazine = , title = Hollywood on the Moon , volume = 11 , issue = 2 , page = 26 , passage = Blast out the lakes and canals—whittle down the peaks and mounds with atomic blasters —file them into the shape of gigantic buildings. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1939 , date = June , first = Jack , last = Williamson , authorlink = Jack Williamson , magazine = , title = One Against the Legion , volume = 23 , issue = 4 , page = 138 , passage = One slender hand clung near a singular jewel, like a great white snow crystal, that hung from her throat. And the other, with a practiced and familiar grip, held a barytron blaster' of the newest legion design. An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes. Her blond head flung angrily. She caught her breath, and lifted the barytron ' blaster . Its bright tube pointed straight between his shoulders. He would never even know. }}

    Hypernyms

    * (science fiction weapon) energy weapon, ray gun

    Coordinate terms

    * (science fiction weapon) death ray, phaser

    Derived terms

    * ghetto blaster

    Anagrams

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