The difference between Peel and Rind

When used as nouns, peel means the skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc, whereas rind means tree bark.

When used as verbs, peel means to remove the skin or outer covering of, whereas rind means to remove the rind from.

check bellow for the other definitions of Peel and Rind

  1. Peel as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the skin or outer covering of.

    Examples:

    "I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her."

  2. Peel as a verb (transitive):

    To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

    Examples:

    "I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily."

    "We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose."

  3. Peel as a verb (intransitive):

    To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

    Examples:

    "I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel."

  4. Peel as a verb (intransitive):

    To remove one's clothing.

    Examples:

    "The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in."

  5. Peel as a verb (intransitive):

    To move, separate (off or away).

    Examples:

    "The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines."

  1. Peel as a noun (usually, uncountable):

    The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

  2. Peel as a noun (countable, rugby):

    The action of peeling away from a formation.

  3. Peel as a noun (countable):

    A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.

  1. Peel as a noun (obsolete):

    A stake.

  2. Peel as a noun (obsolete):

    A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

  3. Peel as a noun (archaic):

    A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

  1. Peel as a noun:

    A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

  2. Peel as a noun:

    A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.

  3. Peel as a noun (archaic, US):

    The blade of an oar.

  1. Peel as a noun (Scotland, curling):

    An equal or match; a draw.

  2. Peel as a noun (curling):

    A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

  1. Peel as a verb (curling):

    To play a peel shot.

  1. Peel as a verb (croquet):

    To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

  1. Peel as a verb:

    to sound loudly.

  1. Peel as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To plunder; to pillage, rob.

  1. Rind as a noun:

    tree bark

  2. Rind as a noun:

    A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc

  3. Rind as a noun (figuratively, uncountable, rare, usually "the"):

    The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

  1. Rind as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the rind from.

  1. Rind as a noun:

    An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

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