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Seeping vs Dripping - What's the difference?

seeping | dripping |

As verbs the difference between seeping and dripping

is that seeping is while dripping is .

As nouns the difference between seeping and dripping

is that seeping is the act by which something seeps while dripping is solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.

seeping

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something seeps.
  • Liquid that has seeped.
  • * 2008 , Paul Richardson, A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain (page 127)
    • A puddle of bright orange - the seepings from the pickling liquid - crept across the factory floor towards the drain.

    dripping

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dripping)
  • Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
  • * 1915 , ":
    • They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping ; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
  • The sound or action of something that drips.
    • Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.

    Derived terms

    * dripping pan

    Verb

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