Paper vs. Page — What's the Difference?

A medium for packaging goods.

Layout for graphic design in software.

Component in various industrial products.

One side of a sheet in a book.

A form used for official documents.

A measure of content length in documents.

Material for writing, drawing, or printing.

A section of a newspaper or magazine.

Substrate for art and crafts.

Unit in web or digital documents.

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Although paper was originally made in single sheets by hand, almost all is now made on large machines—some making reels 10 metres wide, running at 2,000 metres per minute and up to 600,000 tonnes a year.

A side of a sheet of paper, as in a book or newspaper

Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material

The writing or printing on one side of a page.

A sheet of paper with something written or printed on it

The type set for printing one side of a page.

A set of examination questions to be answered at one session

A noteworthy or memorable event

An essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal

(Computers) A webpage.

Free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment.

(Computers) A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.

Apply wallpaper to (a wall or room)

Pages A source or record of knowledge

Fill (a theatre) by giving out free tickets

A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.

A material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls.

A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.

A single sheet of this material.

One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, or club.

A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise.

One who is similarly employed in the US Congress or another legislature.

A piece of written work for school; a report or theme.

A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.

Often papers An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer.

To number the pages of; paginate

Papers A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person

To turn pages

Short-term debt instruments, especially commercial paper.

To summon or call (a person) by name.

A newspaper.

To contact (someone) by sending a message to that person's pager

Wallpaper.

To attend as a page.

A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents

One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

A free pass to a theater.

One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

The audience admitted with free passes.

(figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.

To cover, wrap, or line with paper.

(typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.

To cover with wallpaper.

(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.

To supply with paper.

(Internet) A web page.

(Slang) To issue free passes for (a theater, for example).

(computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

To construct (something) in haste and with little forethought

(obsolete) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.

Made of paper.

(British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.

Resembling paper, as in thinness or flimsiness.

A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Of or relating to clerical work

(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

Existing only in printed or written form

A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.

Planned but not realized; theoretical.

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

A message sent to someone's pager.

A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

(uncountable) Wallpaper.

(transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.

(uncountable) Wrapping paper.

To turn several pages of a publication.

(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

(transitive) To furnish with folios.

A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

(transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.

A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).

To call or summon (someone).

A scholastic essay.

To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

(Britain) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.

(transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.

(slang) Money.

A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress

Any financial assets other than specie.

A boy child.

(New Zealand) A university course. en

A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.

A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.

A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.

One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

(dated) Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.

A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

The people admitted by free passes.

The type set up for printing a page.

Made of paper.

To attend (one) as a page.

Insubstantial from the weakness of common paper

To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.

Planned from plans being drawn up on paper

To call a person on a pager.

Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.

(transitive) To apply paper to.

One side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

(transitive) To document; to memorialize.

English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)

(transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

(transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

A boy who is employed to run errands

(transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

A youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

(transitive) To sandpaper.

In medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

(transitive) To enfold in paper.

Call out somebody's name over a P.A. system

To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

Work as a page;

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

Number the pages of a book or manuscript

A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

Documents establishing a person's identity, or status, or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers.

Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper.

Existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army; a paper tiger.

To cover or line with paper, especially with wallpaper; to furnish with paper hangings; to wallpaper; as, to paper a room or a house.

To fold or inclose in paper.

To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.

A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

An essay (especially one written as an assignment);

A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements;

A scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses;

Medium for written communication;

A business firm that publishes newspapers;

A newspaper as a physical object;

Cover with paper;

Cover with wallpaper

Made of paper;

Glossy and matte photo papers are best for printing photos, offering high-quality image sharpness and color saturation.

The typical page size in a standard novel is around 6 x 9 inches, although variations exist depending on the publisher and the edition.

A well-paged book typically has clean, evenly cut pages, consistent formatting, and a tight binding that allows the pages to turn easily.

Recycled paper can be just as good as new paper, though it may have a slightly different texture or color; it's ideal for most everyday uses and is environmentally friendlier.

Not all types of paper are suitable for all printers; for instance, thicker cardstock may jam in smaller home printers, and some papers are specially coated for inkjet or laser printers.

In digital documents, a page functions similarly to a physical page but can include interactive elements like links and embedded media.

Acid-free paper is made in a way that prevents it from breaking down over time, which is crucial for archival quality and longevity, especially for important documents and artworks.

Paper weight is determined by the weight of a ream (500 sheets) of paper cut to a standard size, measured in pounds in the U.S. or grams per square meter elsewhere.

The thickness of paper, measured in grams per square meter (gsm), affects its durability, transparency, and suitability for different tasks, like heavier paper for business cards and lighter paper for flyers.

A leaf in a book refers to a single sheet of paper, which contains two pages: one on the front and one on the back.

The environmental impact includes deforestation, water and air pollution from paper manufacturing, and energy consumption, although recycling efforts and sustainable practices are helping to mitigate these effects.

Watercolor paper should be thick and textured (cold-pressed) to absorb water without warping, typically around 300 gsm.

Pages in books are typically numbered consecutively, often starting with the main text rather than the front matter which can use Roman numerals.

Yes, pages from books and documents can typically be recycled with other paper products, unless they are coated with plastic or contain heavy inks.

Although digital media have reduced the reliance on paper for daily communications and record-keeping, paper remains essential in many fields, including education, art, and certain business operations.