Plastic vs. Cellophane — What's the Difference?

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes.

Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria, and water makes it useful for food packaging.

A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form

A thin transparent wrapping material made from viscose

Made of plastic

A thin, flexible, transparent cellulose material made from wood pulp and used as a moistureproof wrapping.

(of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded

Plastic wrap.

Capable of being shaped or formed

Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling

(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.

Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed

A transparent paper-like product made of regenerated cellulose, produced in sheets and rolls, which is impervious to moisture and germs, and which is used to wrap candy, cigarettes, and a wide variety of other products for distribution and retail sale; as, a pack of cigarettes in a cellophane wrapper.

Giving form or shape to a substance

A transparent paper-like product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.

Easily influenced; impressionable

Made of a plastic or plastics

(Physics) Capable of undergoing continuous deformation without rupture or relaxation.

Capable of building tissue; formative.

Able to change and adapt, especially by acquiring alternative pathways for sensory perception or motor skills. Used of the central nervous system.

Marked by artificiality or superficiality

(Informal) Of or obtained by means of credit cards

Any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films, or drawn into filaments used as textile fibers.

(Informal) A credit card or credit cards

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

Insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.

An instance of plastic surgery.

(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.

(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.

Producing tissue.

(dated) Creative, formative.

(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.

Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.

Made of plastic.

Inferior or not the real thing.

Fake; insincere.

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; - said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

A substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]

Generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives

Used of the imagination;

Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material);

Capable of being influenced or formed;