Coating vs. Rime — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Coating and Rime
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Coating
A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate. The purpose of applying the coating may be decorative, functional, or both.Paints and lacquers are coatings that mostly have dual uses of protecting the substrate and being decorative, although some artists paints are only for decoration, and the paint on large industrial pipes is presumably only for the function of preventing corrosion.
Rime
Frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour in cloud or fog.
Coating
A layer of a substance spread over a surface as for protection or decoration; a covering layer.
Rime
Archaic spelling of rhyme
Coating
Cloth for making coats.
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Rime
Cover (an object) with hoar frost
He does not brush away the frost that rimes his beard
Coating
A thin outer layer.
They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
Rime
Archaic spelling of rhyme
Coating
(archaic) Cloth for making coats.
Rime
A white incrustation of ice formed when supercooled water droplets freeze almost instantly on contact with a solid surface.
Coating
A telling-off; a reprimand.
Rime
A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty film
"A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs" (James Fallows).
Coating
Present participle of coat
We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.
Rime
Variant of rhyme.
Coating
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.
Rime
To cover with or as if with frost or ice
"heavy [shoes] rimed with mud and cement ... from the building site" (Seamus Deane).
Coating
Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.
Rime
(meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
Coating
A thin layer covering something;
A second coat of paint
Rime
(meteorology) A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
Coating
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);
The boat had a metallic finish
He applied a coat of a clear finish
When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
Rime
A film or slimy coating.
Coating
A heavy fabric suitable for coats
Rime
Rhyme.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.
Coating
The work of applying something;
The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine
A complete bleach requires several applications
The surface was ready for a coating of paint
Rime
(linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
Rime
A step of a ladder; a rung.
Rime
(obsolete) A rent or long aperture; a chink, fissure, or crack.
Rime
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Rime
Obsolete form of rhyme#Verb
Rime
A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Rime
White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.
The trees were now covered with rime.
Rime
A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
Rime
Rhyme. See Rhyme.
Rime
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Rime
To rhyme. See Rhyme.
Rime
Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
Rime
Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
Rime
Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable;
Hat and cat rhyme
Rime
Compose rhymes
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