Can and Paling

Can

Can noun - A metal container in the shape of a cylinder.

Paling and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paling" instead a noun "Can".

Paling

Paling noun - A fence made of upright pickets.

Can and paling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "Paling".

Both words in one sentence

  • Arm Cannon Allen Walker can turn his (non-artificial) left arm into a cannon that shoots a sort of paling projectile.
    Source: Arm Cannon
  • Starbucks Skin Scale In Project Tatterdemalion, when Yoruichi is told that they can never be sure whether they got all the Hollow DNA out of the infected, the paling of her skin is compared to the swirling of cream into coffee.
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