Slurry vs Smoothie - What's the difference?
slurry | smoothie |
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
* 1981 , National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products ,
* 2002 , R. Peter King, Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow ,
* 2006 , Mark A. Shand, The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia ,
* 2011 , Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering ,
(mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
* 2006 , Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue, Geoenvironmental Sustainability ,
(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry , etc.
* 2004 , W. H. Rulkens, 11: Overview of resource recovery techmologies for biowaste'', Piet Lens, B. Hamelers, Harry Hoitink, Werner Bidlingmaier (editors), ''Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management ,
To make a slurry (of some material).
To apply a slurry (to).
Slurred, tending to slur.
A smooth-talking person.
* 2003 , Michael Lydon, Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974 (page 7)
A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.
A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.
* 1987 , John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon
* 1999 , Nick Johnstone, Abel Ferrara: The King of New York (page viii)
* 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged
As nouns the difference between slurry and smoothie
is that slurry is any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid while smoothie is a smooth-talking person.As a verb slurry
is to make a slurry (of some material).As an adjective slurry
is slurred, tending to slur.slurry
English
Etymology 1
Unclear; probably related to (etyl) ; compare slur. From mid-15th c. (wikipedia slurry)Noun
(slurries)page 26,
- While little information is available, it[distillers wet yeast] probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry .
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- The most important application of fluid flow techniques in the mineral processing industry is the transportation of slurries'. Whenever solid materials are in particulate form transportation in the form of a ' slurry is possible.
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- Magnesium hydroxide slurry' consists of an aqueous suspension of particulate magnesium hydroxide. The principle sources of '''slurry''' are from seawater- or brine-produced magnesium hydroxide, natural brucite, or from the slaking of magnesium oxide powder. Magnesium hydroxide ' slurry is gaining in popularity as a replacement for caustic soda and lime in waste-water treatment applications.
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- The other properties of cement slurry' and set cement are also related closely to cement ' slurry density.
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- Slurry' tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for ' slurry tailings.
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- In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry .
Derived terms
* coal slurry * meat slurry * slurry pit * slurry wallVerb
- Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Etymology 2
From .Adjective
(er)- He spoke with a slurry''' voice.'' — ''His voice became progressively '''slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
smoothie
English
(wikipedia smoothie)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- True to their reputations, Paul was a smoothie who put a public relations gloss on everything he said, and John was abrasive and sarcastic, speaking his mind and letting the chips fall where they may.
- The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult,
- Film Comment's David Chute described him as: "small, stringy and intense, but he's better dressed and groomed (than Ferrara), less of a punk and more of a smoothie ."