Slop vs Slog - What's the difference?
slop | slog |
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
(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.
to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
* 1950 , Howard William Troyer, The salt and the savor (page 58)
In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
to feed pigs
(chiefly, British, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
(cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
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]
(by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
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 pair of slops .
Etymology 2
Probably representing (etyl) *(term), related to (slip).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* pig food: slops, hogwash, swillDerived terms
* slops * slop-jar * slop-basin * slop-bowl * slop-pailVerb
- I slopped water all over my shirt.
- a little Durham bull butted the pail and slopped him with the milk
Anagrams
* * ----slog
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(slogg)- 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.”
