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Slug vs Method - What's the difference?

slug | method |

As nouns the difference between slug and method

is that slug is any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell while method is a process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):.

As a verb slug

is to drink quickly; to gulp.

slug

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell
  • (obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
  • (Shakespeare) Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed. Romeo and Juliet
  • A bullet (projectile).
  • A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
  • A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
  • (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
  • (physics, rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
  • A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
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  • A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
  • (television editing) A black screen.
  • (metal typesetting) A piece of type metal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error.
  • (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
  • (web design) The last part of a (clean URL), the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
  • (obsolete) A hindrance; an obstruction.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • A ship that sails slowly.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
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    Synonyms

    * (a quantity of a drink) See also

    Derived terms

    * black slug * sea slug * slug line

    See also

    * (gastropod) snail

    Verb

    (slugg)
  • To drink quickly; to gulp.
  • To down a shot.
  • To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
  • He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
    The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
  • To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
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  • (of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
  • (obsolete) To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
  • * Spenser
  • To slug in sloth and sensual delight.
  • To load with a slug or slugs.
  • to slug a gun
  • To make sluggish.
  • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * slug it out

    Anagrams

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    method

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):
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  • A type of theatrical acting wherein the actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.
  • (programming, object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
  • (slang) Marijuana.
  • Derived terms

    (A process by which a task is completed) * comparative method * historical method * methodical * methodology * scholarly method * scientific method * Socratic method * philosophical method * convenience method * virtual method