What's the difference between dressing and stuffing?

Dressing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dress
  • (n.) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
  • (n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.
  • (n.) Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
  • (n.) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
  • (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
  • (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
  • (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
  • (n.) Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
  • (2) Calcium alginate dressings have been used in the treatment of pressure ulcers and leg ulcers.
  • (3) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
  • (4) This is a struggle for the survival of our nation.” As ever, after Trump’s media dressing-down, his operation was quick to fit a velvet glove to an iron fist.
  • (5) Based on these observations, the authors think it prudent to remove such dressings before performing leukocyte imaging.
  • (6) Then there were the mini-dress-wearing Barclaycard girls whose job was “to help educate and change people’s minds”.
  • (7) Peroneal nerve palsy may be avoided by careful surgical technique and postoperative dressings.
  • (8) The Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Index of ADL) is a scale whose grades reflect profiles of behavioral levels of six sociobiological functions, namely, bathing, dressing, toileting, transfer, continence, and feeding.
  • (9) But it is as a winner of "best dressed" and "most inspiring" awards that she remains well-known.
  • (10) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
  • (11) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
  • (12) Ease of use has meant that a greater number of patients with superficial burns can be treated as outpatients and many are able to do their own daily dressing change, so fewer attendances at the clinic are needed.
  • (13) So that you know he's evil, he is dressed like a giant, bedraggled grey duckling, in a fur coat made up of bits of chewed-up wolf.
  • (14) Schyman comes across like a fusion of Germaine Greer and Ken Livingstone, dressed in Parisian chic with a maroon dress and a colourful scarf.
  • (15) Spoon over the dressing and eat immediately, while the tomatoes are still hot and the bread is crisp.
  • (16) A family who live next door to the Bredon Croft address said Masood used to turn up in Islamic dress and take their neighbours’ children to a mosque, though they did not know which one.
  • (17) Clare, 17, says her dress was well within guidelines for the event's dress code - it was "fingertip length".
  • (18) In the HCD group, 66 (86.8%) pressure sores improved compared with 36 (69.2%) pressure sores in the wet-to-dry dressings group.
  • (19) What was very worrying was at half‑time when you go in the dressing room, I could sense there was no response.
  • (20) It sells itself to British tourists as a holiday heaven of golden beaches, flamenco dresses and well-stocked sherry bars, but southern Andalucía – home to the Costa del Sol – has now become the focus of worries about the euro.

Stuffing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stuff
  • (n.) That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
  • (n.) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
  • (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To order your main course (from £7.50), squeeze through the tightly packed tables to the kitchen and select whatever catches your eye from an array of dishes that includes roast lamb, salmon with seafood risotto, stuffed cabbage, and sublime stuffed squid (£14), which comes with tomato rice studded with succulent octopus.
  • (2) You’d think such a spry, successful man would busy himself with other things besides crawling into a pile of stuffed animals to scare his daughter’s date.
  • (3) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
  • (4) Many commentators considered the suggestion merely foolish, but computer hackers issued death threats against her and her children, which she promptly posted on Twitter, along with the defiant message: "Get stuffed, losers.
  • (5) I found swans and storks and all manner of seabirds but, again, no owls, because stuffing them is forbidden in France.
  • (6) Recently awarded best veggie blog by Vegetarian Living, her stuffed naan breads and toffee apple and peanut pudding are definitely on the to-eat list.
  • (7) The Pynes now live in Wakefield, in a cottage packed with photos of Morrissey and a dedicated music room stuffed with CDs and vinyl.
  • (8) From there, I graduated to admin tasks such as stuffing envelopes, sticking stamps on and posting them, giving out mail, making more tea.
  • (9) And as civil servants, Myanmar nationals living overseas and tens of thousands of soldiers have been casting their votes, there are concerns that the authorities might engage in ballot stuffing.
  • (10) The present study sought to determine the effects of such lesions on an operant conditioning task in which the reward was the presentation of one of two conspicuous objects, a stuffed jungle fowl or an illuminated red box.
  • (11) But as with the December vote, independent election monitors and opposition activists presented evidence of widespread falsifications, including ballot stuffing and "carousel voting" – packing vans with voters and bussing them to several polling sites to cast numerous votes.
  • (12) By the time the guests have their fill of caviar-stuffed potatoes and get in their limos to the Vanity Fair party across town, most are sufficiently well lubricated to deal with one another: I walk in to see Benedict Cumberbatch standing by the bar with Joan Collins, while Patrick Stewart and Jared Leto are expressing mutual admiration for one another nearby.
  • (13) Envelopes stuffed with cash, it is claimed, were their reward for ensuring Blatter beat Lennart Johansson, the 'honesty' candidate, to become the soccer world's most powerful leader.
  • (14) That said, I would definitely ask my mother to cook it, and offer a little of my help, as stuffed chard takes forever to prepare.
  • (15) Two Peruvian women were arrested in front of a school in Lima on Tuesday for trying to sell 100 small bags of marijuana that they had stuffed into their plastic horns, police said."
  • (16) CCS is basically about catching a problem and stuffing it away under the carpet,” Rasmusson said.
  • (17) I first had stuffed vine leaves at my grandad's guesthouse in Southend, and deeply regret not pilfering his recipe before he passed away.
  • (18) The Spanish classic arroz negro pays homage to both old country and new: instead of the standard squid ink and fish stock, it’s made with crab bisque and chilmole (the blackened chilli sauce of the Yucatán) and crowned with calamari stuffed with pork scratchings.
  • (19) Put the walnuts, garlic, coriander, and onion in a food processor and grind until fine – do not pulverise into a fine powder as the stuffing should retain a nice crunch.
  • (20) In a cupboard, tins of tomato soup, dried pasta, tea bags, tinned pineapple and stuffing mix.