Collodion vs. Paint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Collodion and Paint
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Collodion
Collodion is a flammable, syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in ether and alcohol. There are two basic types: flexible and non-flexible.
Paint
Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture to objects.
Collodion
A highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of nitrocellulose, ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold surgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographic plates.
Paint
A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
Collodion
A syrupy solution of nitrocellulose (pyroxylin) in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clear elastic film; used in surgical dressings, photographic plates and lacquer paints.
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Paint
The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
Collodion
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.
Paint
The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
Collodion
A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films
Paint
A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
Paint
(Basketball) The free throw lane.
Paint
A Paint horse.
Paint
(Slang) The face cards in a deck of cards
I haven't seen any paint for the last ten hands.
Paint
To make (a picture) with paints.
Paint
To represent in a picture with paints.
Paint
To depict vividly in words.
Paint
To coat or decorate with paint
Paint a house.
Paint
To apply cosmetics to.
Paint
To apply medicine to; swab
Paint a wound.
Paint
To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.
Paint
To practice the art of painting pictures.
Paint
To cover something with paint.
Paint
To apply cosmetics to oneself
"Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come" (Shakespeare).
Paint
To serve as a surface to be coated with paint
These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.
Paint
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
Paint
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
Paint
The free-throw lane, construed with the.
The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
Paint
Paintballs.
I am running low on paint for my marker.
Paint
A face card (king, queen, or jack).
Paint
Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
Paint
(uncountable) Makeup.
Paint
Tattoo work.
Paint
(dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
Paint
The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
Paint
(transitive) To apply paint to.
Paint
(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
Paint
To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
Paint
(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
Paint
(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
To paint a portrait or a landscape
Paint
(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
I've been painting since I was a young child.
Paint
To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
Paint
To depict or portray.
She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
Paint
(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Paint
To direct a radar beam toward.
Paint
To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head.
Paint
To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hueDo paint the meadows with delight.
Paint
To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
Paint
To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.
Disloyal?The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
Paint
To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
Paint
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Let her paint an inch thick.
Paint
A pigment or coloring substance.
Paint
A cosmetic; rouge.
Paint
A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
Paint
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;
He hit a jump shot from the top of the key
He dominates play in the paint
Paint
Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
Paint
Make a painting;
He painted all day in the garden
He painted a painting of the garden
Paint
Apply paint to; coat with paint;
We painted the rooms yellow
Paint
Make a painting of;
He painted his mistress many times
Paint
Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
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