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Sticky vs Gluten - What's the difference?

sticky | gluten |

As nouns the difference between sticky and gluten

is that sticky is a sticky note, such as a post-it note while gluten is (obsolete) fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

As a adjective sticky

is able or likely to stick.

As a verb sticky

is (internet|bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

sticky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Able or likely to stick.
    • Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
  • Potentially difficult to escape from.
    • This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
  • * 2014 , Michael White, " Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
    • Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
  • (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
    • We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
  • (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
  • (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
  • (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
    • A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not "sticky" - 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.
  • Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.

    • Derived terms

    * stickily * stickiness * sticky-backed plastic * sticky bit * sticky fingers * sticky wicket * sticky note

    See also

    * tacky

    Noun

    (stickies)
  • A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
    • Her desk is covered with yellow stickies .
  • (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
  • A sweet dessert wine.

    • Verb

  • (Internet, bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

    • gluten

    English

    (wikipedia gluten)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
  • The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
    • Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
  • (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
    • Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.

    Derived terms

    * gluten bread * gluten casein * gluten fibrin * gluten-free * glutinous

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