The difference between Pelt and Skin

When used as nouns, pelt means the skin of a beast with the hair on, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

When used as verbs, pelt means to bombard, as with missiles, whereas skin means to injure the skin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pelt and Skin

  1. Pelt as a noun:

    The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.

  2. Pelt as a noun:

    The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.

  3. Pelt as a noun (humorous):

    Human skin.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  1. Pelt as a verb (transitive):

    To bombard, as with missiles.

    Examples:

    "They pelted the attacking army with bullets."

  2. Pelt as a verb (transitive):

    To throw; to use as a missile.

    Examples:

    "The children pelted apples at us."

  3. Pelt as a verb (intransitive):

    To rain or hail heavily.

    Examples:

    "It's pelting down out there!"

  4. Pelt as a verb (intransitive):

    To throw out words.

  5. Pelt as a verb (transitive):

    To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

  6. Pelt as a verb:

    To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

    Examples:

    "The boy pelted down the hill on his [[toboggan]]."

  1. Pelt as a noun:

    A blow or stroke from something thrown.

  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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