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Gel vs Gell - What's the difference?

gel | gell |

As nouns the difference between gel and gell

is that gel is a semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal while gell is eye dialect of lang=en.

As a verb gel

is to apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).

gel

English

(wikipedia gel)

Etymology 1

Coined by in the mid 19th century as a clipping of (gelatin), from (etyl)

Noun

  • A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
    • Derived terms
    * aerogel * hair gel * hydrogel * shower gel * silica gel * xerogel
    See also
    For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on (colloid)s

    Verb

    (gell)
  • To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
  • To become a gel.
  • To develop a rapport.

    • See also

    * aerosol * colloid * emulsion * foam * sol

    Etymology 2

    Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of (girl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A girl.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    gell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
    • "You're a naughty little gell , that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
    "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
  • (a leech)
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