Dressing vs. Bandage

Dressingnoun

(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

Dressingnoun

A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

Dressingnoun

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

Dressingnoun

The activity of getting dressed.

Dressingnoun

(obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

Dressingnoun

The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

Dressingnoun

Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

Dressingnoun

An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.

Dressingnoun

(dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.

Dressingnoun

(dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals

Dressingverb

present participle of dress

Dressingnoun

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

Dressingnoun

An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.

Dressingnoun

Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

Dressingnoun

A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.

Dressingnoun

Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

Dressingnoun

An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

Dressingnoun

Castigation; scolding; - often with down.

Dressingnoun

savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

Dressingnoun

a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

Dressingnoun

making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

Dressingnoun

a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Dressingnoun

processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather

Dressingnoun

the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

Dressingnoun

the act of applying a bandage

Dressingnoun

a sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings

Dressingnoun

stuffing

Dressingnoun

a piece of material used to cover and protect a wound

Dressingnoun

size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics

Dressingnoun

a fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or ploughed into land

Bandagenoun

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

Bandagenoun

A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.

Bandageverb

To apply a bandage to something.

Bandagenoun

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

Bandagenoun

Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.

Bandageverb

To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

Bandagenoun

a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

Bandageverb

wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

Bandageverb

dress by covering or binding;

Bandagenoun

a strip of woven material used to bind up a wound or to protect an injured part of the body

Bandageverb

bind (a wound or a part of the body) with a protective strip of material

Bandage

A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to or to restrict the movement of a part of the body. When used with a dressing, the dressing is applied directly on a wound, and a bandage used to hold the dressing in place.