Jello vs Gel - What's the difference?
jello | gel |
A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water
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A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
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, title= Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
To become a gel.
To develop a rapport.
As a verb jello
is to work, be occupied with.As an initialism gel is
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Alternative forms
* Jell-O * JelloNoun
(-)- The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
- Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
- She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.
Synonyms
* jelly English genericized trademarksgel
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(wikipedia gel)Etymology 1
Coined by in the mid 19th century as a clipping of (gelatin), from (etyl)Noun
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