Polemic vs. Screed

Polemicnoun

A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

Polemicnoun

An argument or controversy.

Polemicnoun

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

Polemicadjective

Having the characteristics of a polemic.

Polemicadjective

Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.

Polemicadjective

Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.

Polemicnoun

One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

Polemicnoun

A polemic argument or controversy.

Polemicnoun

a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)

Polemicnoun

a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

Polemicadjective

of or involving dispute or controversy

Polemicnoun

a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

Polemicnoun

the practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute

Polemicadjective

another term for polemical

Polemic

Polemic () is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and to undermine the opposing position. Polemics are thus seen in arguments on controversial topics.

Screednoun

A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.

Screednoun

A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.

Screednoun

A rent, a tear.

Screednoun

A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.

Screednoun

(by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism; a diatribe, a harangue.

Screednoun

Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.

Screednoun

Senses relating to building construction and masonry.

Screednoun

A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.

Screednoun

A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.

Screednoun

A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

Screednoun

A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Screednoun

The sound of something scratching or tearing.

Screedverb

To rend, to shred, to tear.

Screedverb

To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.

Screedverb

To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.

Screedverb

To become rent or torn.

Screedverb

To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Screedverb

(intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.

Screedverb

To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Screedadjective

Strewn with scree.

Screednoun

A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.

Screednoun

A fragment; a portion; a shred.

Screednoun

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

Screednoun

An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

Screednoun

a long monotonous harangue

Screednoun

a long piece of writing

Screednoun

an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

Screed

Screed has three meanings in building construction: a flat board (screed board, floating screed) or a purpose-made aluminium tool used to smooth and to materials like concrete, stucco and plaster after they have been placed on a surface or to assist in flattening; a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to act as a guide for a screed tool (screed rail, screed strip, screed batten); the material itself which has been flattened with a screed (screed coat). In the UK, screed has also come to describe a thin, top layer of material (sand and cement, magnesite or calcium sulphate), poured in situ on top of the structural concrete or insulation, on top of which other finishing materials can be applied, or the structural material can be left bare to achieve a raw effect.