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sanitary pad vs sanitary towel

Both 'sanitary pad' and 'sanitary towel' are correct terms used to refer to an absorbent item worn by women to absorb menstrual flow. The choice between the two terms may vary based on regional preferences.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 697 views

sanitary pad

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to an absorbent item worn by women during menstruation.

This term is widely used in many English-speaking countries to describe the absorbent item used by women during menstruation.

Examples:

  • I need to buy some sanitary pads for my trip.
  • She always carries a few sanitary pads in her bag.
  • The store sells a variety of sanitary pads.
  • Do you prefer using sanitary pads or tampons?
  • It's important to change your sanitary pad regularly.
  • Armstrong. Then Tenzing [and] Hillary, in Everest, like that Muruganantham is the first man wore a sanitary pad across the globe.
  • Then I was shocked. What is the connection between using a sanitary pad and a milk budget?
  • That's all. A school dropout saw your problem in the society of not using sanitary pad.
  • Not only financial crises, but because of the sanitary pad research, I come through all sorts of problems, including a divorce notice from my wife.
  • I want to make this as a local sanitary pad movement across the globe. That's why I put all the details on public domain like an open software.
  • I went to a local shop, I tried to buy her a sanitary pad packet.
  • Why not make a local sanitary pad for my new wife?
  • They also refused. Finally, I decide, use sanitary pad myself.
  • But I am also trying to make sanitary pad with the good cotton. It's not working.
  • The very first time, at the age of 29, that day I am touching the sanitary pad, first ever.
  • I must know: How many of the guys here have touched a sanitary pad?
  • That's how all this started, but after making a sanitary pad, where can I check it?
  • Then I made a sanitary pad and handed it to Shanti - my wife's name is Shanti.
  • I want the sanitary pads with wings.
  • I tried to impress my new wife by offering her a packet of sanitary pads.
  • She replied, I also know about [sanitary pads], but myself and my sisters, if they start using that, we have to cut our family milk budget.
  • There are so many things you could do. You could pay for uniforms, you could eliminate fees, you could build latrines, you could give girls sanitary pads, etc., etc.
  • Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles
  • Until 2012, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of any material were classified in different Chapters of the Harmonised System nomenclature, depending on the nature or constituent material of the article.
  • articles of Chapter 96 (for example, buttons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners for babies).

Alternatives:

  • menstrual pad
  • feminine pad
  • period pad
  • pad
  • absorbent pad

sanitary towel

This phrase is correct and commonly used in British English to refer to an absorbent item worn by women during menstruation.

This term is commonly used in British English to describe the absorbent item used by women during menstruation.

Examples:

  • Could you pass me a sanitary towel?
  • She prefers using sanitary towels over tampons.
  • The store stocks a variety of sanitary towels.
  • Do you need to buy more sanitary towels?
  • It's important to dispose of sanitary towels properly.
  • I thought it sounded like a sanitary towel.
  • That's rich, coming from a man with a sanitary towel taped to his hand.
  • Value sanitary towels are a crime against my femininity.
  • Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles
  • Sanitary towels, tampons and similar articles
  • Sanitary products (sanitary towels and napkins, etc.)
  • Sanitary towels, tampons and similar article of textile materials (excluding wadding)
  • Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles
  • Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, of wadding
  • Until 2012, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of any material were classified in different Chapters of the Harmonised System nomenclature, depending on the nature or constituent material of the article.
  • Sanitary towels, tampons and similar articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres
  • articles of Chapter 96 (for example, buttons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners for babies).
  • sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies, and similar articles, of heading 9619.
  • Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies, and similar articles, of any material
  • The use of fragrances should therefore be prohibited in products intended for children, e.g. in baby creams and shampoo, or in products of external intimate hygiene, e.g. in sanitary towels, toilet paper and cotton roundels.
  • Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin for babies and similar sanitary articles, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres
  • Napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of excluding toilet paper, sanitary towels, tampons and similar articles
  • Other products: toilet paper, paper handkerchiefs, paper towels, sanitary towels, cotton wool, cotton tips, disposable babies napkins
  • Sanitary towels, tampons and similar articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres
  • articles of Chapter 96 (for example, brushes, travel sets for sewing, slide fasteners, typewriter ribbons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners for babies); or

Alternatives:

  • menstrual towel
  • feminine towel
  • period towel
  • towel
  • absorbent towel

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