Mousse vs. Gel — What's the Difference?

A mousse (; French: [mus]; "foam") is a soft prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. It can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick, depending on preparation techniques.

A gel is a semi-solid that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state.

A sweet or savoury dish made as a smooth, light mass in which the main ingredient is whipped with cream and egg white

A a thick, clear, slightly sticky substance, especially one used in cosmetic or medicinal products

A mass of tiny bubbles that forms on the top of a glass of champagne or sparkling wine

A semi-rigid slab or cylinder of an organic polymer used as a medium for the separation of macromolecules.

A light, foamy preparation used for styling hair

An upper-class or well-bred girl or young woman

A frothy brown emulsion of oil and seawater formed by weathering of an oil slick.

(of a liquid or semi-liquid substance) set or become more solid

Style (hair) using mousse

(of a project or idea) take a definite form or begin to work well

Any of various chilled, airy desserts made with flavored whipped cream, gelatin, or eggs

Apply gel to (the hair)

A molded dish containing meat, fish, or shellfish combined with whipped cream or egg whites and often gelatin.

A colloid in which the disperse phase has combined with the dispersion medium to produce a semisolid material, such as a jelly.

An aerosol foam used to control and style the hair.

See gelatin.

To apply a styling foam to (the hair).

A jellylike substance used in styling hair.

An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.

To become a gel.

A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.

To apply a gel to (the hair).

A styling cream used for hair.

To take shape or become clear

A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.

A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.

To apply mousse (styling cream).

Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before - not during - the freezing process.

A girl.

Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture; as, a salmon mousse.

(transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).

A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair.

(intransitive) To become a gel.

A light creamy dessert set with gelatin

(intransitive) To develop a rapport.

A light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin

To come together to form something; to cohere.

Toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling

A colloid in a more solid form than a sol

Apply a styling gel to;

A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects

Become a gel;

Apply a styling gel to;