What's the difference between bedaub and besmear?

Bedaub


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the end of the corridor is a presentation room, the walls bedaubed with exhortations to “Never, Never, Never Give Up”; up another staircase is a run of seminar rooms, in one of which a class of fledgling baristas are learning their trade.

Besmear


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The red cells were besmeared on the anti-HbA1 serum agarose plate and the precipitation rings formed were measured from the size printed on sheets of printing paper.

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