The difference between Peel and Skin

When used as nouns, peel means the skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Peel and Skin

  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. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    Examples:

    "He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."

  2. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  3. Skin as a noun (countable):

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  4. Skin as a noun (countable):

    A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    Examples:

    "In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."

  5. Skin as a noun (countable, computing, graphical user interface):

    A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    Examples:

    "You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."

  6. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

    Rolling paper for cigarettes.

    Examples:

    "Pass me a skin, mate."

  7. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

  8. Skin as a noun (Australia):

    A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.

  9. Skin as a noun (countable, video games):

    An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.

  10. Skin as a noun (slang):

    Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    Examples:

    "Let me see a bit of skin."

  11. Skin as a noun:

    A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

  12. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  13. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

  14. Skin as a noun:

    A drink of whisky served hot.

  1. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To injure the skin of.

    Examples:

    "He fell off his [[bike]] and skinned his knee on the concrete."

  2. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

  3. Skin as a verb (colloquial):

    To high five.

  4. Skin as a verb (transitive, computing, colloquial):

    To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    Examples:

    "Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

  5. Skin as a verb (UK, soccer, transitive):

    To use tricks to go past a defender.

  6. Skin as a verb (intransitive):

    To become covered with skin.

    Examples:

    "A wound eventually skins over."

  7. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

  8. Skin as a verb (US, slang, archaic):

    To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

  9. Skin as a verb (slang, dated):

    To strip of money or property; to cheat.

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