What's the difference between paste and pasty?

Paste


Definition:

  • (n.) A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.
  • (n.) Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
  • (n.) A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.
  • (n.) A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
  • (n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
  • (n.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
  • (v. t.) To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

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) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
  • (3) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
  • (4) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
  • (5) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
  • (6) In the past 6 years 26 patients underwent operation for recurrent duodenal ulcer after what was considered to be an "adequate" initial operation.
  • (7) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
  • (8) He had been extremely frustrated that indicators of economic recovery over the past few days had been drowned out by the clamour over the Labour leadership.
  • (9) We reviewed our experience with femorofemoral bypass during the past 10 years to define its role relative to other methods in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease.
  • (10) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
  • (11) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (12) I’m hopeful but I just can’t get over all my experiences in the past.
  • (13) Significant changes have occurred within the profession of pharmacy in the past few decades which have led to loss of function, social power and status.
  • (14) Eighty interposition mesocaval shunts, using a knitted Dacron large diameter prosthesis, have been performed during the past five and one-half years.
  • (15) Although they were praised in the last five years as the most efficient drugs against cancer and infectious diseases, no great success was clinically and experimentally reported in the past.
  • (16) Over the past 20 years the rag-and-bone trade has had a makeover.
  • (17) Cameron famously broke with the past, and highlighted his green credentials, by posing with huskies on a visit to Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic in 2006.
  • (18) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (19) They argue that the US, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases per capita (China recently surpassed us in sheer volume), needs to lead the fight to limit carbon emissions, rather continuing to block global treaties as it has done in the past.
  • (20) Over the past decade, the quinolone antimicrobial class has enjoyed a renaissance with the emergence of the fluoroquinolone subclass.

Pasty


Definition:

  • (a.) Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.
  • (n.) A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The two polls underline the extent to which the coalition parties have been hit by a budget that has led to a slew of bad headlines over the granny tax, pasty tax and charities tax.
  • (2) George Osborne gets a going over from Labour MP John Mann , after the former introduced an ill-fated tax on Cornish pasties "Yes, because I don't like him."
  • (3) The contents of the cysts were pasty and semisolid.
  • (4) I was one of the session musicians and when I got to the studio a pasty, 98lb, orange-haired man covered in white pancake makeup came through the door.
  • (5) What to eat: Minipastéis de feijão (deep-fried bean pasties).
  • (6) The animals could be nourished sufficiently via the interponate with pasty food.
  • (7) They are firmer and less flaky than Cornish pasties and don't break, making them the perfect picnic food.
  • (8) In the days and weeks that followed, there were U-turns on his ill-judged charity tax, which was disastrously at odds with David Cameron's attempts to build a "big society" with the help of the charitable sector, as well as on the pasty tax and the caravan tax.
  • (9) The MPs' strongly worded report will stir memories at the Treasury of last year's "omnishambles" budget, when the chancellor was forced to reverse a series of key policies, including the controversial "pasty tax" and a cap on tax relief for charitable donations, after vocal public criticism.
  • (10) (If you're not a football fan, this was like having a chat with Jean-Paul Sartre over a pastis in a Parisian cafe.)
  • (11) Biodegradable pasty-type copolyesters with a relatively low molecular weight of 4500 were synthesized by direct copolycondensation of epsilon-caprolactone (CL) and delta-valerolactone (VL) in the absence of catalysts to evaluate in vivo capabilities of the polymer for implantable controlled release devices in drug delivery systems.
  • (12) Now the white cross on a black background is ubiquitous, fluttering outside county hall in Truro and printed on everything from souvenir boxes of fudge to pasty packaging and car bumper stickers.
  • (13) Listen here you pooncy, pasty faced person from some pissant place that no one cares about, half my electorate are probably in de facto relationships and they are happy, normal living people who do their very best for their families and their communities.
  • (14) A questionnair of 115 items was analysed by computer using a Pastis-Pascal programme (see attached).
  • (15) Leading the online tributes: comparisons with snooker’s Whispering Ted Lowe and with “a Dignitas satnav”, plus this from @mrchrisaddison : “If a Wild Bean Cafe pasty could talk…” Best aside Gary Lineker , during the BBC’s half-time chat, asking his star pundit: “Did you ever get away with a handball, Thierry?” Hipster count Italy: Seven beards, England: one.
  • (16) The reports are likely to cheer the Treasury after a fortnight that started with the granny tax debacle during the chancellor's budget and ended with George Osborne parrying questions from MPs on his reasons for applying VAT to pasties.
  • (17) Javid caused some surprise at Westminster when he let it be know that, even as the most junior member of the Osborne team as his PPS, he clocked most of the pitfalls in the 2012 "omnishambles" budget which became embroiled in a row over the pasty tax and the caravan tax.
  • (18) This last change, while perfectly defensible, may well come back to haunt the chancellor: his tax on white van man to mirror George Osborne’s pasty tax.
  • (19) "It has to be very well-cooked – not all white and pasty," said customer Roger.
  • (20) When they're just done, transfer to a warm plate and deglaze the pan with a splash of pastis.