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Flob vs Floc - What's the difference?

flob | floc |

As nouns the difference between flob and floc

is that flob is (uk|slang) spittle, especially a piece of spittle that has been spat out while floc is an alternative word for floccule a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed floc may be mineral as for clay, chemical as in water treatment or biological as in sewage treatment.

As a verb flob

is (uk|slang) to spit or to gob.

flob

English

Noun

(-)
  • (UK, slang) spittle, especially a piece of spittle that has been spat out

    • Verb

  • (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
  • *2010 , Charlie Brooker, The Guardian , 27 Sep 2010:
  • *:I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.

    • References

    *OED 2006

    floc

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flocc

    Noun

  • An alternative word for floccule. A soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. Floc may be mineral as for clay, chemical as in water treatment or biological as in sewage treatment.

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