Plaster vs Poultice - What's the difference?
plaster | poultice |
(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.
A soft, moist mass applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe. A poultice is usually wrapped in cloth and often warmed before being applied.
* Francis Bacon
To treat with a poultice.
In transitive terms the difference between plaster and poultice
is that plaster is to hide or cover up, as if with plaster while poultice is to treat with a poultice.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
* ----poultice
English
(wikipedia poultice)Noun
(en noun)- Poultice relaxeth the pores.