Pallor vs. Pasty — What's the Difference?

Pallor is a pale color of the skin that can be caused by illness, emotional shock or stress, stimulant use, or anemia, and is the result of a reduced amount of oxyhaemoglobin and may also be visible as pallor of the conjunctivae of the eyes on physical examination. Pallor is more evident on the face and palms.

A pasty () is a British baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetables, on one half of a flat shortcrust pastry circle, folding the pastry in half to wrap the filling in a semicircle and crimping the curved edge to form a seal before baking.

Extreme or unnatural paleness.

A folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.

Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness.

(of a person's face) unhealthily pale

Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.

Of or like paste

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Resembling paste in consistency.

Having a pale lifeless appearance; pallid

A pie or turnover, especially one with a savory filling including seasoned meat, fish, or vegetables.

Like paste, sticky.

Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor

White-skinned

A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.

A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.

A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.

Small meat pie or turnover

Resembling paste in color; pallid;

Having the properties of glue