medical dressing vs plaster

medical dressing and plaster both are nouns.

medical dressing is not a verb while plaster is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medical dressing	Yes	No	No	No
plaster	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, plaster is a hyponym of medical dressing; that is, plaster is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medical dressing:

medical dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore
plaster: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

Other hyponyms of medical dressing include bandage, patch, compress, cataplasm, poultice, surgical dressing.

medical dressing (noun)	plaster (noun)
a cloth covering for a wound or sore	adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
	a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
	a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
	a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
	any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs

medical dressing (verb)	plaster (verb)
	dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
	coat with plaster
	apply a heavy coat to
	apply a plaster cast to
	affix conspicuously
	cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

medical dressing vs plaster

medical dressing and plaster both are nouns.

medical dressing is not a verb while plaster is a verb.

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