Layer vs. Coating
Layernoun
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
Layernoun
An item of clothing worn under or over another.
Layernoun
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
Layernoun
One of the items in a hierarchy.
Layernoun
}} one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
Layernoun
A person who lays things, such as tiles.
Layernoun
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
Layernoun
A hen kept to lay eggs.
Layernoun
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
Layerverb
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
Layerverb
(ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
Layernoun
One who, or that which, lays.
Layernoun
That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
Layernoun
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
Layernoun
An artificial oyster bed.
Layernoun
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
Layernoun
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Layernoun
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth;
Layernoun
a hen that lays eggs
Layernoun
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Layerverb
make or form a layer;
Layernoun
a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
Layernoun
a level of seniority in the hierarchy of an organization
Layernoun
a person or thing that lays something
Layernoun
a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant
Layerverb
arrange in a layer or layers
Layerverb
cut (hair) in overlapping layers
Layerverb
propagate (a plant) as a layer
Coatingnoun
A thin outer layer.
Coatingnoun
(archaic) Cloth for making coats.
Coatingnoun
A telling-off; a reprimand.
Coatingnoun
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.
Coatingnoun
Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.
Coatingnoun
a thin layer covering something;
Coatingnoun
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);
Coatingnoun
a heavy fabric suitable for coats
Coatingnoun
the work of applying something;
Coating
A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate. The purpose of applying the coating may be decorative, functional, or both.Paints and lacquers are coatings that mostly have dual uses of protecting the substrate and being decorative, although some artists paints are only for decoration, and the paint on large industrial pipes is presumably only for the function of preventing corrosion.
