palimpsest vs tissue

palimpsest

noun
  • A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. 

  • The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one. 

  • Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form. 

  • Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface. 

  • Memory that has been erased and re-written. 

  • Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity. 

verb
  • To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse. 

  • On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day. 

tissue

noun
  • Absorbent paper as material. 

  • A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. 

  • The scratch sheet or racing form. 

  • Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. 

  • A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job. 

  • Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series. 

  • A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. 

verb
  • To form tissue of; to interweave. 

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