The difference between Section and Skin

When used as nouns, section means a cutting, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

When used as verbs, section means to cut, divide or separate into pieces, whereas skin means to injure the skin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Section and Skin

  1. Section as a noun:

    A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

  2. Section as a noun (music):

    A part, piece, subdivision of anything. A group of instruments in an orchestra.

    Examples:

    "The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn."

  3. Section as a noun:

    A part of a document.

  4. Section as a noun:

    An act or instance of cutting.

  5. Section as a noun (aviation):

    A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.

  6. Section as a noun (surgery):

    An incision or the act of making an incision.

  7. Section as a noun (surgery, specifically, colloquial):

  8. Section as a noun (sciences):

    A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

  9. Section as a noun (botany):

    A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

  10. Section as a noun (zoology):

    An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.

  11. Section as a noun (military):

    A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

  12. Section as a noun (category theory):

    A right inverse.

  13. Section as a noun (NZ):

    A piece of residential land; a plot.

  14. Section as a noun (Canadian):

    A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.

  15. Section as a noun (geology):

    A sequence of rock layers.

  1. Section as a verb:

    To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

  2. Section as a verb (British):

    To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons.

  3. Section as a verb:

    To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

  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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