Sot vs Sponge - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sot and Sponge

is that sot is soot while Sponge is (countable) any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum porifera , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

As a verb Sponge is

(slang) to take advantage of the kindness of others.

sot

English

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) stupid person; fool

* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2

Remember / First to possess his books; for without them / He's but a sot , as I am

* Oldham

In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, / And reverence some deified Baboon.

drunkard

* Roscommon

Every sign / That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.

Derived terms

* sottish

Verb

To drink until one becomes drunk

To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.

* Dryden

I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted .

Derived terms

* sotted

Anagrams

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Sponge
English
("sponge" on Wikipedia)
Noun

(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge , which she placed on a chair.}}
(uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.

(informal) A heavy drinker.

(countable, uncountable) A type of light cake; sponge cake.

(countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.

(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).

(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a .

Any spongelike substance.

# Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.

# Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.

# Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.

A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.

The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.

Synonyms
* (marine invertebrate) sea sponge, bath sponge, poriferan, porifer * (piece of porous material used for washing) bath sponge * (light cake) sponge cake * (type of steamed pudding) sponge pudding * (person) freeloader, sponger
Derived terms
* breadcrumb sponge * demosponge * sea sponge * spongey * sponge bath * sponge cake
See also
* foam
Verb
(spong)
(slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.

* L'Estrange

The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers.

To get by imposition; to scrounge.

* , chapter=13
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
(Jonathan Swift)

To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

* South

How came such multitudes of our nation to be sponged of their plate and their money?

To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

(Hooker)

To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

Synonyms
* blag