What's the difference between paster and piaster?

Paster


Definition:

  • (n.) One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.
  • (n.) A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.

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  • (1) The characteristic immunoglobulin G has a unique property of activating glycolysis and inhibiting oxygen uptake as well as of removing the Paster reaction.

Piaster


Definition:

  • (n.) A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

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