Pasty vs. Slice

Pasty vs. Slice — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pasty and Slice

Pastyadjective

Like paste, sticky.

These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.

Slicenoun

That which is thin and broad.

Pastyadjective

pale, lacking colour, having a pallor

He is pasty-faced.Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.

Slicenoun

A thin, broad piece cut off.

a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

Pastyadjective

white-skinned

Slicenoun

amount

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Pastynoun

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

Slicenoun

A piece of pizza.

Pastynoun

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

Slicenoun

(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

Pastynoun

small meat pie or turnover

Slicenoun

A broad, thin piece of plaster.

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Pastyadjective

resembling paste in color; pallid;

the looked pasty and red-eyeda complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white

Slicenoun

A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

Pastyadjective

having the properties of glue

Slicenoun

A salver, platter, or tray.

Slicenoun

A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.

Slicenoun

One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

Slicenoun

(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

Slicenoun

(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw

Slicenoun

Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

Slicenoun

(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

Slicenoun

(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)

Sliceverb

To cut into slices.

Slice the cheese thinly.

Sliceverb

To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

The knife left sliced his arm.

Sliceverb

(golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

Sliceverb

(tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

Sliceverb

(badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.

Sliceverb

(soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.

Sliceverb

(rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.

Sliceverb

(transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

Slicenoun

a share of something;

a slice of the company's revenue

Slicenoun

a serving that has been cut from a larger portion;

a piece of piea slice of bread

Slicenoun

a wound made by cutting;

he put a bandage over the cut

Slicenoun

a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer;

he took lessons to cure his slicing

Slicenoun

a thin flat piece cut off of some object

Slicenoun

a spatula for spreading paint or ink

Sliceverb

make a clean cut through;

slit her throat

Sliceverb

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

Sliceverb

cut into slices;

Slice the salami, please

Sliceverb

hit a ball so that it causes a backspin