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Putty vs Padding - What's the difference?

putty | padding |

As nouns the difference between putty and padding

is that putty is a form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass while padding is soft filling material used in cushions etc.

As verbs the difference between putty and padding

is that putty is to fix something using putty while padding is .

As an adjective putty

is of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

putty

English

(wikipedia putty)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

    • Noun

    (putties)
  • A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
  • Any of a range of similar substances.

    • Derived terms

    * putty in someone's hands

    Verb

  • to fix something using putty

    • padding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia padding) (en noun)
  • Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  • (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  • (military) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or lengthJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006). .

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