Difference between Spread and Paste

What is the difference between Spread and Paste?

Spread as a verb is to stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. while Paste as a verb is to stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

Spread

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. To open one's legs.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of spreading or something that has been spread. An expanse of land. A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread). A large meal, especially one laid out on a table. Any form of food designed to be spread onto a slice of bread etc. An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page. A numerical difference. The difference between the wholesale and retail prices. The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity. The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity. The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity. An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies. The difference between bidding and asking price. The difference between the prices of two similar items.

Example sentence: Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

Paste

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.To insert a piece of media(e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.To strike or beat someone or something.To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A soft mixture, in particular:Specifically, one of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.Specifically, one of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.Specifically, one used as an adhesive, esp. for putting up wallpapers, etc.A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluidA hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.

We hope you now know whether to use Spread or Paste in your sentence.

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