This adhesive is made of synthetic resin.
Apply rosin to the violin bow.
They apply resin to the wood's surface to protect it.
This resin hardens in just a few minutes.
樹脂 is the more technical/chemical term for resin-based materials, while プラスチック is the everyday word for plastic in general.
樹脂 means resin in general, whereas 漆 is the specific natural resin tapped from the lacquer tree.
樹脂 refers to the raw resin material (natural or synthetic) before or apart from processing, while プラスチック refers to the molded plastic product made from such resin.
樹木 means 'tree(s)', while 樹脂 (which shares the kanji 樹) means 'resin', the sticky substance trees produce.
樹脂 (resin, the sticky sap of a tree) sounds very similar to 樹皮 (tree bark) but refers to a completely different substance.
油脂 (fats and oils) and 樹脂 (resin) sound similar and both end in 脂, but they refer to completely different substances.
Compound of 樹 (tree) and 脂 (fat, grease), referring to the viscous substance exuded by trees. The modern extension to synthetic resins is a semantic broadening.
silicone resin