Plastering vs. Skimming — What's the Difference?

A layer or coating of plaster.

A portion that has been skimmed from a liquid.

(Informal) A resounding defeat; a beating.

An embezzlement fraud in which the information on a credit card is copied, usually when the owner uses the card to make a purchase, and is then loaded onto a fake card to be used fraudulently.

Present participle of plaster

Present participle of skim

The act or process of overlaying with plaster.

Something skimmed from a surface etc.

A covering of plaster; plasterwork.

A motion or action that skims.

The act or process of overlaying with plaster.

(uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.

A covering of plaster; plasterwork.

(crime) The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer

The application of plaster

The act of one who skims.

That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; - chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.

The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid

Reading or glancing through quickly

Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

The act of brushing against while passing