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Dripping vs Oozing - What's the difference?

dripping | oozing |

As nouns the difference between dripping and oozing

is that dripping is solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat while oozing is something that oozes; a seepage.

As verbs the difference between dripping and oozing

is that dripping is present participle of lang=en while oozing is present participle of lang=en.

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)

    • oozing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that oozes; a seepage.
  • * 1855 , Henry Stephens, John Stuart Skinner, The book of the farm (page 320)
    • A 12-acre field of good, deep land on the farm of Frenchlaw, in Berwickshire, was rendered swampy by springs and oozings of water from the surrounding rising ground being retained upon the clay subsoil.