Pelt vs. Skin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pelt and Skin
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Pelt
The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
Skin
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition. The adjective cutaneous means "of the skin" (from Latin cutis 'skin').
Pelt
A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.
Skin
The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal
A flap of skin
I use body lotion to keep my skin supple
Pelt
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects
Pelted each other with snowballs. ].
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Skin
The peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables
Potatoes roasted in their skins
Pelt
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
Skin
A customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system.
Pelt
The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
Skin
A skinhead
We were surrounded by skins with tattoos and braces
Pelt
The fur or hair of a living animal.
Skin
(especially in jazz) a drum or drum head.
Pelt
Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
Skin
Relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films
The skin trade
Pelt
(obsolete)
Skin
A card game in which each player has one card which they bet will not be the first to be matched by a card dealt from the pack.
Pelt
A garment made from animal skins.
Skin
A unit into which an Aboriginal people is divided, typically on the basis of descent, each skin being associated with a totemic bird, animal, or insect.
Pelt
(falconry) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.
Skin
Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable)
Scald and skin the tomatoes
She skinned the pig and salted the carcass
Pelt
A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
Skin
Take money from or swindle (someone)
I ain't no dummy, and I know when I'm being skinned
Pelt
A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Skin
(of a wound) form new skin
The hole in his skull skinned over
Pelt
A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
Skin
(of a player) take the ball past (a defender) with ease
Kanchelskis would have skinned him
Pelt
A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
Skin
Make a cannabis cigarette
We had a few beers and then we skinned up
Pelt
An act of moving quickly; a rush.
Skin
The membranous tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis.
Pelt
A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
Skin
An animal pelt, especially the comparatively pliable pelt of a small or young animal
A tent made of goat skins.
Pelt
(by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
Skin
A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer
The skin of a peach.
A sausage skin.
The skin of an aircraft.
Pelt
Alternative form of pelta
Skin
A thin, close-fitting, usually elastic garment, especially a shirt, worn by scuba divers and others who engage in water sports for protection against scrapes and other superficial injuries.
Pelt
(historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
Skin
A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.
Pelt
(botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.
Skin
(Music) A drumhead.
Pelt
To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
Skin
One of a pair of strips of fabric or other material temporarily applied to the undersides of a pair of skis to provide traction while ascending slopes.
Pelt
Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
Skin
(Computers) A design layout for the interface of a program such as a media player or instant messaging application that a user can select and often customize in order to alter the default appearance.
Pelt
To remove feathers from (a bird).
Skin
(Informal) One's life or physical survival
They lied to save their skins.
Pelt
(transitive)
Skin
To remove skin from
Skinned and gutted the rabbit.
Pelt
To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
The children are pelting each other with snowballs.
They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
Skin
To bruise, cut, or injure the skin or surface of
She skinned her knee.
Pelt
To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
Skin
To remove (an outer covering); peel off
Skin off the thin bark.
Pelt
Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
Skin
To cover with a skin or a similar layer
Skin the framework of a canoe.
Pelt
Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
The children pelted apples at us.
Skin
(Slang) To fleece; swindle.
Pelt
To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
Skin
To become covered with skin or a similar layer
In January the pond skins over with ice.
Pelt
(figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
Skin
To pass with little room to spare
We barely skinned by.
Pelt
(intransitive)
Skin
Of, relating to, or depicting pornography
Skin magazines.
Pelt
Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
It’s pelting down out there!
Skin
(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
Pelt
(figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
Skin
(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
Pelt
Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
Skin
(countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
Pelt
(obsolete) To throw out harsh words; to show anger.
Skin
(countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
Pelt
To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.
Skin
A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
Pelt
The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.
Skin
An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
Pelt
The human skin.
Skin
Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
Pelt
The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Skin
Clipping of skinhead
Pelt
A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Skin
(Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.
Pelt
To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds.
Skin
(slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
Pelt
To throw; to use as a missile.
My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.
Skin
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
Pelt
To throw missiles.
Skin
(nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Pelt
To throw out words.
Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.
Skin
(nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
Pelt
The dressed hairy coat of a mammal
Skin
(aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
Pelt
Body covering of a living animal
Skin
A drink of whisky served hot.
Pelt
Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile;
They pelted each other with snowballs
Skin
A purse.
Pelt
Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles;
Pelt the speaker with questions
Skin
(transitive) To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
Pelt
Rain heavily;
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Skin
(transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
Skin
(colloquial) To high five.
Skin
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
Skin
To use tricks to go past a defender.
Skin
(intransitive) To become covered with skin.
A wound eventually skins over.
Skin
(transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
Skin
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Skin
To strip of money or property; to cheat.
Skin
The external membranous integument of an animal.
Skin
The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
Skin
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
Skin
The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
Skin
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Skin
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
Skin
To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
Skin
To strip of money or property; to cheat.
Skin
To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
Skin
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Skin
A natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch;
Your skin is the largest organ of your body
Skin
The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
Skin
An outer surface (usually thin);
The skin of an airplane
Skin
Body covering of a living animal
Skin
A person's skin regarded as their life;
He tried to save his skin
Skin
The rind of a fruit or vegetable
Skin
A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the skin of an animal
Skin
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Skin
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of;
The boy skinned his knee when he fell
Skin
Remove the bark of a tree
Skin
Strip the skin off;
Pare apples
Skin
Strike against an object;
She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken
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