Plaster vs Dressing - What's the difference?
plaster | dressing |
(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.
To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
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, chapter=5 A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
The activity of getting dressed.
* 2004 , Kathryn Banks, ?Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)
(obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
(dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
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As nouns the difference between plaster and dressing
is that plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes while dressing is material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.As verbs the difference between plaster and dressing
is that plaster is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster while dressing is present participle of lang=en.plaster
English
(wikipedia plaster)Alternative forms
* plaister * plastre (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plasterSee also
* cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywallVerb
(en verb)- Her face was plastered in mud.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
Derived terms
* court-plaster * plasterboard * plastered * plastererSee also
* drywall * sheetrockAnagrams
* ----dressing
English
(wikipedia dressing)Noun
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- Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.
- (Ben Jonson)