plaster vs stucco

stucco vs plaster

plaster and stucco both are nouns.

plaster and stucco both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plaster	Yes	No	Yes	No
stucco	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

plaster: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
stucco: a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces

Other hyponyms of plaster include finish coat, finishing coat, grout, parget, pargeting, pargetting, roughcast, spackle, spackling compound.

plaster (noun)	stucco (noun)
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds	a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
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)	stucco (verb)
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance	coat with stucco
coat with plaster	decorate with stucco work
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 stucco

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