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Spongy vs Marshmallow - What's the difference?

spongy | marshmallow |

As an adjective spongy

is having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

As a noun marshmallow is

a species of mallow, species: Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain.

spongy

English

Alternative forms

* spongey

Adjective

(er)
  • having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous
    • spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones
  • Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • spongy April

    Derived terms

    * spongy lead * spongy platinum

    marshmallow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * marsh mallow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of mallow,
  • * 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 180:
    • Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches.
  • A type of confectionery consisting of sugar or corn syrup, beaten egg whites, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic and flavorings, whipped to a spongy consistency.
  • * (rfdate) Love, Life and Work :
    • The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked marshmallow proclivities.
  • * (rfdate) PH Wodehouse, A Wodehouse Miscellany :
    • It was an apple marshmallow sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling.
  • (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.
    • He acts like a total badass, but he's really just a marshmallow once you get to know him.