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Pulpous vs Pulp - What's the difference?

pulpous | pulp | Derived terms |

Pulpous is a derived term of pulp.


As adjectives the difference between pulpous and pulp

is that pulpous is pulpy, soft while pulp is (fiction) of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

As a noun pulp is

a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

As a verb pulp is

to make, or be made into pulp .

pulpous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pulpy, soft
  • * 1927 , Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 354
    • A method of coating a core in strand form with pulp, which consists in collecting pulpous material from liquid suspension, positioning the core adjacent said material, depositing additional pulpous material on the core

    pulp

    English

    (wikipedia pulp)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 1997 , monthday = July 22 , author = Eric Gimlin , email = , title = Re: Annual theme '98 , id = 33D504B4.105@swbell.net , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/h6fDoLuqLi4/pgvPYWi2DZIJ , group = rec.arts.comics.dc.universe }}
    The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 2003 , monthday = January 3 , author = Mark Wheatley , email = , title = Re: PULP 2003 READING , id = 3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.pulp/lPi5SkZJfHo/KeinLoXh5_4J , group = alt.pulp }}
    Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp " than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
  • The soft center of a fruit
  • The soft center of a tooth
  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
  • Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

    • Derived terms

    * beat to a pulp * pulp chamber * pulpaceous * pulpal * pulpament * pulpectomy * pulpify * pulpily * pulpless * pulp mill * pulpous * pulpotomy * pulpwood * pulpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, or be made into pulp
  • To beat to a pulp.

    • Derived terms

    * pulper