Slop vs Spilt - What's the difference?
slop | spilt |
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
That has been spilt.
(chiefly, British) (spill)
As verbs the difference between slop and spilt
is that slop is to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves while spilt is (chiefly|british) (spill).As a noun 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.As an adjective spilt is
that has been spilt.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
* * ----spilt
English
Adjective
(-)- Don't cry over spilt milk; tears won't put it back in the glass.