plaster vs medical dressing

medical dressing vs plaster

plaster and medical dressing both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, medical dressing is a hypernym of plaster; that is, medical dressing is a word with a broader meaning than plaster:

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.
medical dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Other hypernyms of plaster include dressing.

plaster (noun)	medical dressing (noun)
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds	a cloth covering for a wound or sore
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

plaster (verb)	medical dressing (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

Difference between plaster and medical dressing

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