Blaster vs. Plaster — What's the Difference?

A very strong gust of wind or air.

Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English, "plaster" usually means a material used for the interiors of buildings, while "render" commonly refers to external applications.

The effect of such a gust.

A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with fiber added, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.

A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.

Plaster of Paris.

A sudden loud sound, especially one produced by a stream of forced air

A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes.

The act of producing such a sound

Chiefly British An adhesive bandage.

A violent explosion, as of dynamite or a bomb.

To cover, coat, or repair with plaster.

The violent effect of such an explosion, consisting of a wave of increased atmospheric pressure followed immediately by a wave of decreased pressure.

To cover or hide with or as if with a coat of plaster

An explosive charge.

To apply a plaster to

(Botany) Any of several plant diseases of diverse causes, resulting in sudden death of buds, flowers, foliage, or young fruits.

To cover conspicuously, as with things pasted on; overspread

A destructive or damaging influence.

To affix conspicuously, usually with a paste

A powerful hit, blow, or shot.

To make smooth by applying a sticky substance

A violent verbal assault or outburst

To make adhere to another surface

(Slang) A highly exciting or pleasurable experience or event, such as a big party.

To inflict heavy damage or injury on.

To knock down or shatter by explosion; smash.

To defeat decisively.

To play or sound loudly

To apply plaster.

To cause to move with great force; hurl

(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.

To make or open by explosion

A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.

To shoot or destroy by shooting

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

(Sports) To hit, kick, or shoot (a ball or puck) with great force.

(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.

To have a harmful or destructive effect on

(uncountable) plaster of Paris.

To criticize or attack vigorously

(transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

To cause to shrivel, wither, or mature imperfectly by blast or blight

(transitive) To apply a plaster to.

To use or detonate explosives.

(transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

To emit a loud, intense sound; blare

(transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

To discharge a weapon, especially repeatedly; shoot

To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm with (weapons) fire.

To attack someone or something verbally; criticize.

To smooth over.

To move with great speed or power

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

(Electronics) To distort sound recording or transmission by overloading a microphone or loudspeaker.

A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly.

Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

Anything that, or anyone who blasts.

To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.

To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.

(science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.

Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.

A sand wedge.

A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.

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

A workman employed to blast with explosives

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 hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling);

Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

Cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on;

Affix conspicuously;

Apply a plaster cast to;

Apply a heavy coat to

Coat with plaster;

Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance