different between pasteboard vs chipboard

English

Etymology

paste +? board

Noun

pasteboard (countable and uncountable, plural pasteboards)

1. (usually uncountable) Card stock.
   • 1912, Howard Roger Garis, Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy

     He handed Larry two slips of pasteboard, theater tickets, as was evident at first glance.
2. (computing, countable) A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items.
3. (slang, obsolete) A person's visiting card.
   • 1860, William Johnson Neale, Paul Periwinkle: Or, The Pressgang (page 18)

     […] he no sooner learnt that the British officer in command had sent in his pasteboard, than he instantly returned the visit […]

   • 1894, Paul Leicester Ford, The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him (page 47)

     Peter called on the Pierces, only to find them out, and as no notice was taken of his pasteboard, he drew his own inference, and did not repeat the visit.

Translations

Adjective

pasteboard (not comparable)

1. (figuratively) unsubstantial; flimsy
   • 1955, The Junior Bookshelf (volume 19, page 241)

     A poor, pasteboard story. The conventional, unattractive heroine is recovering from an illness in Rome. She is discontented and sorry for herself because her planned career as a sports mistress has now to be abandoned.

References

• Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).
• “pasteboard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From chip +? board.

Noun

chipboard (countable and uncountable, plural chipboards)

1. (Australia, Britain) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.

   Synonym: (US, Canada) particle board

Derived terms

• hardboard

Translations

See also

• fibreboard
• plywood

Anagrams

• brachipod