Elastic vs. Plastic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Elastic and Plastic
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Elastic
Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes.
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Elastic
Relating to a collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved.
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Plastic
A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form
Mains pipes should be made of plastic or copper
Bottles can be made from a variety of plastics
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Elastic
Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient
An elastic spirit.
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Plastic
Made of plastic
Plastic bottles
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Elastic
Capable of being adapted to change or a variety of circumstances
"To say that morale is a highly unscientific and quite elastic concept would be an understatement" (Roger J. Spiller).
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Plastic
(of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded
Rendering the material more plastic
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Elastic
(Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
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Plastic
Capable of being shaped or formed
Plastic material such as clay.
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Elastic
A flexible stretchable fabric made with interwoven strands of rubber or an imitative synthetic fiber.
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Plastic
Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling
The plastic art of sculpture.
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Elastic
An object made of this fabric.
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Plastic
Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed
"the astonishing plastic beauty of the chorus girls" (Frank Harris).
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Elastic
A rubber band.
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Plastic
Giving form or shape to a substance
The plastic forces that create and wear down a mountain range.
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Elastic
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
The rope is somewhat elastic, so expect it to give when you pull on it.
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Plastic
Easily influenced; impressionable
"The plastic mind of the bank clerk had been ... distorted by what he had read" (Rudyard Kipling).
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Elastic
Made of elastic.
Elastic band
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Plastic
Made of a plastic or plastics
A plastic garden hose.
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Elastic
Of clothing, elasticated.
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Plastic
(Physics) Capable of undergoing continuous deformation without rupture or relaxation.
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Elastic
(economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
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Plastic
Capable of building tissue; formative.
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Elastic
Springy; bouncy; vivacious
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Plastic
Able to change and adapt, especially by acquiring alternative pathways for sensory perception or motor skills. Used of the central nervous system.
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Elastic
Pervasive, all-encompassing.
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Plastic
Marked by artificiality or superficiality
A plastic world of fad, hype, and sensation.
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Elastic
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
Elastic spirits; an elastic constitution
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Plastic
(Informal) Of or obtained by means of credit cards
Plastic money.
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Elastic
(uncountable) An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt
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Plastic
Any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films, or drawn into filaments used as textile fibers.
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Elastic
(countable) An elastic band.
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Plastic
(Informal) A credit card or credit cards
Would accept cash or plastic in payment.
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Elastic
Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position.
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Plastic
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
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Elastic
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
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Plastic
Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
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Elastic
An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
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Plastic
Insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
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Elastic
A narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
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Plastic
An instance of plastic surgery.
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Elastic
An elastic fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
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Plastic
(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
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Elastic
Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy;
An elastic band
A youthful and elastic walk
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Plastic
(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
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Elastic
Able to adjust readily to different conditions;
An adaptable person
A flexible personality
An elastic clause in a contract
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Plastic
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
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Plastic
Producing tissue.
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Plastic
(dated) Creative, formative.
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Plastic
(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
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Plastic
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
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Plastic
Made of plastic.
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Plastic
Inferior or not the real thing.
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Plastic
Fake; insincere.
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Plastic
Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
See plastic Nature working to his end.
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Plastic
Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
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Plastic
Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; - said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art.
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Plastic
A substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]
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Plastic
Generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
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Plastic
Used of the imagination;
Material...transformed by the plastic power of the imagination
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Plastic
Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material);
Plastic substances such as wax or clay
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Plastic
Capable of being influenced or formed;
The plastic minds of children
A pliant nature
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