Glue vs Sealant - What's the difference?
glue | sealant |
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
(obsolete) Birdlime.
To join or attach something using glue.
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To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
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Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.
(Construction) A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.
As nouns the difference between glue and sealant
is that glue is a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance while sealant is any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.As a verb glue
is to join or attach something using glue.glue
English
(wikipedia glue)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glueVerb
- I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
- His eyes were glued to the screen.
- So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.