Viscid vs Viscous - What's the difference?
viscid | viscous | Synonyms |
Viscous; having a high viscosity.
Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
* 1906 , O. Henry,
Covered with a viscid layer.
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
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(physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity
Viscous is a synonym of viscid.
Viscous is a related term of viscid.
As adjectives the difference between viscid and viscous
is that viscid is viscous; having a high viscosity while viscous is having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.viscid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter.
Usage notes
In everyday usage, much less common than (viscous), with which it is roughly interchangeable. In careful usage, (term) is more often used for fluid flow, like honey, while viscid is used for a squishy, slimy feel of more solid substances, like mayonnaise.Synonyms
* viscousAntonyms
* inviscidDerived terms
* viscidity * viscidly * viscidnessReferences
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