Ointment vs. Cream
Difference Between Ointment and Cream
Ointmentnoun
A highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; a salve.
Creamnoun
The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
Ointmentnoun
(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
Creamnoun
Any of various substances resembling or containing cream
hand cream.Ointmentnoun
A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.
Creamnoun
A pale yellow to yellowish white.
Ointmentnoun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Creamnoun
The choicest part
the cream of the crop.Ointmentnoun
toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
Creamverb
To form cream.
Creamverb
To form foam or froth at the top.
Creamverb
To have an orgasm.
Creamverb
To be excited or delighted about something.
Creamverb
To remove the cream from; skim.
Creamverb
To take or remove (the best part)
creamed off the highest-paying jobs for her cronies.Creamverb
To take the best part from
creamed the whole department to form his management team.Creamverb
To beat into a creamy consistency.
Creamverb
To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.
Creamverb
To add cream to.
Creamverb
To defeat overwhelmingly
creamed our rival on their home court.Creamverb
To damage severely; destroy
My camera got creamed when I dropped it.Creamverb
Vulgar Slang To have an orgasm in (one's pants, for example).
Creamnoun
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…Creamnoun
The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
Creamnoun
The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
Creamnoun
A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
Creamnoun
(informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
Creamnoun
(figuratively) The best part of something.
the cream of the crop;the cream of a collection of books or picturesCreamnoun
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.Creamnoun
Semen.
Creamnoun
(obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
Creamadjective
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
Creamverb
To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.Creamverb
To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
Creamverb
(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
We creamed the opposing team!Creamverb
To ejaculate used of either gender.
Creamverb
To ejaculate in (clothing).
Creamverb
To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
Creamverb
(transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
Creamverb
To take off the best or choicest part of.
Creamverb
(transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
Creamnoun
the best people or things in a group;
the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great WarCreamnoun
the part of milk containing the butterfat
Creamnoun
toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
Creamverb
make creamy by beating;
Cream the butterCreamverb
put on cream, as on one's face or body;
She creams her face every nightCreamverb
remove from the surface;
skim cream from the surface of milkCreamverb
add cream to one's coffee, for example
