different between poulp vs pulp

English

Noun

poulp (plural poulps)

1. Alternative form of poulpe

English

Etymology

From earlier pulpe, borrowed from Latin pulpa.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /p?lp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?lp/

Noun

pulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps)

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
   1. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
   2. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
   3. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
   4. The soft center of a fruit.
   5. The soft center of a tooth.
   6. The very soft tissue in the spleen.
2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
   • 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps (page 2)

     The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.

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Verb

pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
2. (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
3. (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

Derived terms

• pulper

Translations

Adjective

pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)

1. (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

   • The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.

   • Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

Synonyms

• pulpish, pulpy