The difference between Newspaper and Paper
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 paper means a sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
When used as verbs, newspaper means to cover with newspaper, whereas paper means to apply paper to.
Paper is also adjective with the meaning: made of paper.
check bellow for the other definitions of Newspaper and Paper
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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.
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Newspaper as a noun (uncountable, countable):
A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
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Newspaper as a verb (transitive):
To cover with newspaper.
Examples:
"She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase."
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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."
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Newspaper as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
to harass in newspaper articles.
Examples:
"He was newspapered out of public life."
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Paper as a noun:
A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
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Paper as a noun:
A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
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Paper as a noun (uncountable):
Wallpaper.
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Paper as a noun (uncountable):
Wrapping paper.
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Paper as a noun (rock paper scissors):
An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
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Paper as a noun:
A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
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Paper as a noun:
A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
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Paper as a noun:
A scholastic essay.
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Paper as a noun (slang):
Money.
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Paper as a noun (New Zealand):
A university course.
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Paper as a noun:
A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
Examples:
"a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc."
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Paper as a noun:
A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
Examples:
"cantharides paper'"
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Paper as a noun:
A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
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Paper as an adjective:
Made of paper.
Examples:
"'paper bag;  paper plane"
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Paper as an adjective:
Insubstantial
Examples:
"'paper tiger;  paper gangster"
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Paper as an adjective:
Planned
Examples:
"'paper rocket;  paper engine"
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Paper as a verb (transitive):
To apply paper to.
Examples:
"to paper the hallway walls"
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Paper as a verb (transitive):
To document; to memorialize.
Examples:
"After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up."
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Paper as a verb (transitive):
To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.
Examples:
"As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house."
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Paper as a verb (transitive):
To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).
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Paper as a verb (transitive):
To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.