Bubblegum vs. Gum — What's the Difference?

Chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles.

Any of various viscous substances that are exuded by certain plants and trees and dry into water-soluble, noncrystalline, brittle solids.

(Slang) A style of popular music designed to appeal to adolescents, characterized by bouncy rhythms and a generally cheerful tone.

A similar plant exudate, such as a resin.

Of or characteristic of bubblegum music

Any of various adhesives made from such exudates or other sticky substance.

Marked by or displaying an adolescent immaturity, as in style or taste.

A substance resembling the viscous substance exuded by certain plants, as in stickiness.

A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.

Any of various trees, especially of the genera Eucalyptus and Liquidambar, that are sources of gum. Also called gum tree.

A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).

The wood of such a tree; gumwood.

A light pink colour, like bubblegum.

Chewing gum.

Tasting like bubblegum.

The firm connective tissue covered by mucous membrane that envelops the alveolar arches of the jaw and surrounds the bases of the teeth. Also called gingiva.

(by extension) Sweet, perky, or youthful.

To cover, smear, seal, fill, or fix in place with gum.

To exude or form gum.

To become sticky or clogged.

To chew (food) with toothless gums.

The flesh around the teeth.

Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.

Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.

Chewing gum.

(countable) A single piece of chewing gum.

A gummi candy.

A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.

A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.

A rubber overshoe.

A gum tree.

To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

(transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.

To stiffen with glue or gum.

To inelegantly attach into a sequence.

To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

See Gum tree, below.

A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.

A rubber overshoe.

To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.

To exude or form gum; to become gummy.

A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty;

Exude or form gum;