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

  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. 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.

  2. Paper as a noun:

    A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

  3. Paper as a noun (uncountable):

    Wallpaper.

  4. Paper as a noun (uncountable):

    Wrapping paper.

  5. 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.

  6. Paper as a noun:

    A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

  7. 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).

  8. Paper as a noun:

    A scholastic essay.

  9. Paper as a noun (slang):

    Money.

  10. Paper as a noun (New Zealand):

    A university course.

  11. Paper as a noun:

    A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

    Examples:

    "a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc."

  12. Paper as a noun:

    A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

    Examples:

    "cantharides paper'"

  13. Paper as a noun:

    A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.

  1. Paper as an adjective:

    Made of paper.

    Examples:

    "'paper bag;  paper plane"

  2. Paper as an adjective:

    Insubstantial

    Examples:

    "'paper tiger;  paper gangster"

  3. Paper as an adjective:

    Planned

    Examples:

    "'paper rocket;  paper engine"

  1. Paper as a verb (transitive):

    To apply paper to.

    Examples:

    "to paper the hallway walls"

  2. Paper as a verb (transitive):

    To document; to memorialize.

    Examples:

    "After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up."

  3. 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."

  4. Paper as a verb (transitive):

    To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).

  5. Paper as a verb (transitive):

    To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

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