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Sop vs Soap - What's the difference?

sop | soap |

As nouns the difference between sop and soap

is that sop is something entirely soaked while soap is a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made {{l/en|synthetically}.

As verbs the difference between sop and soap

is that sop is to steep or dip in any liquid while soap is to apply soap to in washing.

As an initialism SOP

is initialism of State of Palestine|lang=en.

As an acronym SOAP is

{{context|lang=en|computing}} acronym of lang=en|simple object access protocol A standard Internet protocol for exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.

sop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something entirely soaked.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The bounded waters / Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, / And make a sop of all this solid globe.
  • A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
  • * Bible, John xiii. 26
    • He it is to whom I shall give a sop , when I have dipped it.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Sops in wine, quantity for quantity, inebriate more than wine itself.
  • Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
  • * L'Estrange
    • All nature is cured with a sop .
  • A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
  • Gravy. (Appalachian)
  • (obsolete) A thing of little or no value.
    • (Piers Plowman)

    Derived terms

    * sippet

    Verb

    (sopp)
  • To steep or dip in any liquid.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1928 , title = American Negro Folk-Songs , first = Newman Ivey , last = White , location = Cambridge , publisher = Harvard University Press , page = 227 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=WCuuV-kRe70C&pg=PA277&dq=sop , passage = When I die, don't bury me deep, / Put a jug of 'lasses at my feet, / And a piece of corn bread in my hand, / Gwine to sop my way to the promised land. }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 1945-12-27 , title = Sopping Bread May Be Done , first = Emily , last = Post , authorlink = Emily Post , newspaper = The Spokesman-Review , url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&id=snRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5333,6920966 , passage = So again let me say that sopping bread into gravy can be done properly merely by putting a piece down on the gravy and then soaking it with the help of a knife and fork as though it were any other food. But taking a soft piece of bread and pushing it under the sauce with your fingers, submerging them as well as the bread, or even wiping the plate with it would be very bad manners indeed. }}

    Derived terms

    * sop up

    Anagrams

    * Appalachian English ----

    soap

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made
    • I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
  • (chemistry) a metallic
  • a conversation
  • (slang) purposes
  • (countable, informal)
  • (countable, informal)

    • References

    * The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries

    Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * body wash * shampoo * shower gel * washball

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply soap to in washing.
    • Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
  • (informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
    • Those kids soaped my windows!
  • (informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
  • (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

    • Synonyms

    * (to be discreet about) soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay

    Related terms

    * soaper * saponification

    See also

    * (soap)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----