Enamel vs. Paint — What's the Difference?

A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.

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.

An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.

A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.

A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish

The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.

The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.

(Anatomy) The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.

A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.

To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.

(Basketball) The free throw lane.

To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.

A Paint horse.

To adorn with a brightly colored surface.

(Slang) The face cards in a deck of cards

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

To make (a picture) with paints.

A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

To represent in a picture with paints.

The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

To depict vividly in words.

A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

To coat or decorate with paint

(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.

To apply cosmetics to.

(transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.

To apply medicine to; swab

(transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.

(transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

To practice the art of painting pictures.

A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

To cover something with paint.

A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

To apply cosmetics to oneself

That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

To serve as a surface to be coated with paint

The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

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.

Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

The free-throw lane, construed with the.

To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

Paintballs.

To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

A face card (king, queen, or jack).

To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

(uncountable) Makeup.

To practice the art of enameling.

Tattoo work.

Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.

(dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.

Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

A colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection

(transitive) To apply paint to.

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.

(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.

To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

To depict or portray.

(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

To direct a radar beam toward.

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

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.

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.

To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

A pigment or coloring substance.

A cosmetic; rouge.

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

(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;

Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

Make a painting;

Apply paint to; coat with paint;

Make a painting of;

Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil