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Plasticine vs Cellophane - What's the difference?

plasticine | cellophane |

As nouns the difference between plasticine and cellophane

is that plasticine is a brand of modelling clay, a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and fatty acids while cellophane is any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

As a verb cellophane is

to wrap or package in cellophane.

plasticine

English

(wikipedia plasticine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • modelling clay.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1909, title=The Teaching of Geography, author=William James Sutherland citation
    • , passage=Models; how to make paper pulp models; salt and flour models; sand models; plasticine models; chalk and pencil models.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1920, author=D. H. Lawrence, title=
    • , passage=Hermione Roddice suggested we should ask Gudrun to teach her to draw and to model in clay. You know Winnie is astonishingly clever with that plasticine stuff. Hermione declares she is an artist.}}

    cellophane

    English

    (wikipedia cellophane)

    Noun

  • Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
  • *

    • Verb

    (cellophan)
  • To wrap or package in cellophane.
    • English genericized trademarks ----