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Sewage vs Slops - What's the difference?

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Sewage is a related term of slops.


As nouns the difference between sewage and slops

is that sewage is a suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed while slops is scraps that will be fed to animals, particularly to hogs.

sewage

English

Noun

  • A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
  • (obsolete) sewerage.

    • Synonyms

    * wastewater

    Derived terms

    * raw sewage

    See also

    * slop * sludge * sewer system * sewage treatment * waste management

    slops

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Scraps that will be fed to animals, particularly to hogs.
    • I don't mind slopping the hogs, I just mind the stench of the slops .
  • (in the plural, nautical, dated) clothing and bedding issued to sailors
  • (in the plural, nautical, dated) sailors' breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century
  • * 2012 , Nelson's navy , by Philip Haythornthwaite, page 26:
    • The original "slops " were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.
  • (in the plural, dated) The dirty wastewater of a house.
    • (A direct quote from: 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , v 4 p 4310)

    Synonyms

    * slop, hogwash, swill