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Oozing vs Puss - What's the difference?

oozing | puss |

As nouns the difference between oozing and puss

is that oozing is something that oozes; a seepage while puss is (informal) a cat or puss can be (slang) the mouth.

As a verb oozing

is .

oozing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that oozes; a seepage.
  • * 1855 , Henry Stephens, John Stuart Skinner, The book of the farm (page 320)
    • A 12-acre field of good, deep land on the farm of Frenchlaw, in Berwickshire, was rendered swampy by springs and oozings of water from the surrounding rising ground being retained upon the clay subsoil.

    puss

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a Common (etyl) word for cat. Akin to (etyl) , West Frisian (m), (etyl) (m), (m), Danish (m), dialectal (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). Found also in several other European and Western Asian languages. Compare (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (es)
  • (informal) A cat.
    • Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
  • A girl or young woman.
  • (dated, hunting) A hare.
  • (vulgar, slang) Vulva (female genitalia).
    • Synonyms
    * (cat) moggie/moggy
    Related terms
    * pussy

    Etymology 2

    Of (etyl) origin, from or akin to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang) The mouth.
    • She gave him a slap in the puss .
    Synonyms
    * (mouth) cakehole, gob, mush, trap

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