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Slop vs Slog - What's the difference?

slop | slog |

As nouns the difference between slop and slog

is that 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 while slog is army, host.

As a verb slop

is to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.

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
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    slog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
  • (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
  • Verb

    (slogg)
  • To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
  • A miraculous desert rain. We slog , dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”
  • (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
  • To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
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