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Bougie vs Dripping - What's the difference?

bougie | dripping |

As nouns the difference between bougie and dripping

is that bougie is spark plug while dripping is solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.

As a verb dripping is

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bougie

English

Etymology 1

, after the Algerian city (Bougie), and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
  • a wax candle

    • Etymology 2

    From bourgeoisie; compare bourgie.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, African American Vernacular English, slang, usually, pejorative) Acting as if one is of a higher social status than one is; suspicions regarding true roots and background are implied.
    • 2007 , Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers '', L. Kent Wolgamott, ''The Lincoln Journal Star , October 12, 2007, [http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/article_ea94f11c-d61d-5940-8eb2-688609281e26.html]:
  • :: Called “bougie ” when she was growing up, even though she’d never considered herself close to that, Ewing has turned the word around, using it as the title of a fictitious magazine she has dreamed up.
    • 2007 , ":
  • :: I'll be on the movie screens
  • :: Magazines and bougie scenes
  • :: I'm not clean, I'm not pristine
  • :: I'm no queen, I'm no machine
    • 2010 , '', Season 2, Episode 1, ''Gone With the Window , airdate February 1, 2010:
  • :: Shangela is kind of bougie , but she's also your homegirl.
    • 2010 , ":
  • :: I don't need you or your brand new Benz
  • :: Or your bougie friends
  • :: I don't need love lookin' like diamonds
  • :: Lookin' like diamonds
    • Synonyms
    * chichi * ritzy * snobby * high and mighty
    Related terms
    * bourgie ----

    dripping

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dripping)
  • Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
  • * 1915 , ":
    • They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping ; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
  • The sound or action of something that drips.
    • Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.

    Derived terms

    * dripping pan

    Verb

    (head)