paperhanging vs wallpaper

paperhanging

noun
  • The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls. 

  • Wallpaper. 

  • The illegal activities of a paperhanger; counterfeiting fraud. 

wallpaper

noun
  • Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. 

  • Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings. 

  • Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report. 

  • A roll of such paper. 

  • A style or design of such material. 

  • A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards. 

  • An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop. 

  • Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors. 

verb
  • To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper. 

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