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Ramp vs Slop - What's the difference?

ramp | slop |

In lang=en terms the difference between ramp and slop

is that ramp is to change value, often at a steady rate while slop is to feed pigs.

As nouns the difference between ramp and slop

is that ramp is an inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline or ramp can be an american plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek while slop is a loose outer garment; a jacket or overall or slop can be (uncountable) a liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.

As verbs the difference between ramp and slop

is that ramp is to behave violently; to rage while slop is to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.

ramp

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  • A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  • (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
  • (aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
  • (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  • A speed bump
  • Derived terms

    * boat ramp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To behave violently; to rage.
  • To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  • * Spenser
  • Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
  • To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  • * Ray
  • With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
  • To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
  • To change value, often at a steady rate
  • * 2007 , Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
  • If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
  • * 2011 , Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly
  • The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.

    Derived terms

    * ramp up

    Etymology 2

    See ramson.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
  • *
  • (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
  • Synonyms
    * (Allium triococcum) ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons, wild leek

    See also

    * buckram

    Anagrams

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    slop

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  • (in the plural, obsolete) Loose trousers.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • A pair of slops .

    Etymology 2

    Probably representing (etyl) *(term), related to (slip).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.
  • scraps used as food for pigs
  • (dated) Human urine or excrement.
  • Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  • (chiefly, plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  • Synonyms
    * pig food: slops, hogwash, swill
    Derived terms
    * slops * slop-jar * slop-basin * slop-bowl * slop-pail

    Verb

  • to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
  • I slopped water all over my shirt.
  • To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
  • * 1950 , Howard William Troyer, The salt and the savor (page 58)
  • a little Durham bull butted the pail and slopped him with the milk
  • In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
  • to feed pigs
  • Anagrams

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