Putty vs Paste - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between putty and paste

is that putty is to fix something using putty while paste is to stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

is of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

(wikipedia putty)

(er)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

(putties)

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

Any of a range of similar substances.

* putty in someone's hands

to fix something using putty

(wikipedia paste)

A soft mixture, in particular:

# One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.

# One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

# One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.

(physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid

A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.

(obsolete) Pasta.

(mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

(past)

To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

(computing) To insert a piece of (e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.

(informal) To strike or beat someone or something.

* 1943 , , chapter 23,

He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.

(informal) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

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