The difference between Band-aid and Plaster
When used as nouns, band-aid means an adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound, whereas plaster means a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
When used as verbs, band-aid means to apply an adhesive bandage, whereas plaster means to cover or coat something with plaster.
check bellow for the other definitions of Band-aid and Plaster
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Band-aid as a noun:
An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
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Band-aid as a noun (informal):
A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
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Band-aid as a verb:
To apply an adhesive bandage.
Examples:
"As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows."
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Band-aid as a verb:
To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
Examples:
"Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message."
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Plaster as a noun (uncountable):
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
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Plaster as a noun (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada):
A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
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Plaster as a noun (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; render, stucco.
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Plaster as a noun (countable):
A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
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Plaster as a noun (uncountable):
plaster of Paris.
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Plaster as a verb (transitive):
To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
Examples:
"to plaster a wall"
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Plaster as a verb (transitive):
To apply a plaster to.
Examples:
"to plaster a wound"
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Plaster as a verb (transitive):
To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
Examples:
"Her face was plastered with mud."
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Plaster as a verb (transitive):
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
Examples:
"The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement."