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Lopping vs Slopping - What's the difference?

lopping | slopping |

As verbs the difference between lopping and slopping

is that lopping is while slopping is .

As nouns the difference between lopping and slopping

is that lopping is the cutting off of branches, etc while slopping is liquid that has been slopped.

lopping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cutting off of branches, etc.
  • That which is cut off; leavings.
  • * Burke
    • The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood.

    slopping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Liquid that has been slopped.
  • * 1860 , Horace Marryat, A residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and Copenhagen
    • were still extensive lakes, sloppings of the great deluge, not yet dried up in time to pass away from the evaporation of the sun's rays and the labour of mankind.
  • * (Arthur Conan Doyle)
    • It is only fair to say that they could have been removed by hand in the dark, but on examining the table, I was unable to see any of those sloppings of water which might be expected to follow such an operation.