Sullage vs Sludge - What's the difference?
sullage | sludge |
The liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage
* Evelyn
silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
That which sullies or defiles.
* South
(metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
A generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
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, title= A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.
(uncountable, music) sludge metal
(informal) to slump or slouch.
to slop or drip slowly.
As nouns the difference between sullage and sludge
is that sullage is the liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage while sludge is a generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.As a verb sludge is
to slump or slouch.As an initialism SLUDGE is
a mnemonic ("salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.sullage
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage .
- It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage , or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
Derived terms
* sullage pieceReferences
*Water Supply & Sanitation - by M. Feroze Ahmed & Md. Mujibur Rahman *OED 2nd edition 1989Anagrams
*sludge
English
(wikipedia sludge)Noun
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.