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Plaster vs Sparadrap - What's the difference?

plaster | sparadrap |

As nouns the difference between plaster and sparadrap

is that plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes while sparadrap is a cerecloth.

As a verb plaster

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

plaster

English

(wikipedia 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

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    sparadrap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A cerecloth.
  • (medicine, obsolete) Any adhesive plaster.
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