The difference between Newspaper and Newsprint

When used as nouns, newspaper means a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles, whereas newsprint means an inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.


Newspaper is also verb with the meaning: to cover with newspaper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Newspaper and Newsprint

  1. Newspaper as a noun (countable):

    A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.

  2. Newspaper as a noun (uncountable, countable):

    A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

  1. Newspaper as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with newspaper.

    Examples:

    "She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase."

  2. Newspaper as a verb (intransitive, transitive):

    To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)

    Examples:

    "He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms."

  3. Newspaper as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    to harass in newspaper articles.

    Examples:

    "He was newspapered out of public life."

  1. Newsprint as a noun:

    An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.

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