Slab vs. Slap — What's the Difference?

A broad, flat, thick piece, as of stone or cheese.

A sharp blow made with the open hand or with a flat object; a smack.

A cliff or rock ledge that rises at a relatively low angle.

The sound of such a blow.

A flat poured concrete surface used as a foundation or base for construction.

A sharp insult

A table on which a body is laid out in a morgue.

To strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object

An outside piece cut from a log when squaring it for lumber.

To cause to strike forcefully and loudly

(Baseball) The pitcher's rubber.

To put or place quickly or carelessly

To make or shape into slabs or a slab.

To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order

To cover or pave with slabs.

To impose (a legal obligation) on someone

To dress (a log) by cutting slabs.

To strike or beat with the force and sound of a slap

Chiefly New England To ascend or descend (a steep slope) by an oblique path.

Directly and with force

Viscid.

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

(Australia) A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).

(countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.

(nautical) The slack part of a sail.

The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.

Makeup; cosmetics.

(surfing) A very large wave.

An eye-catching sticker used in street art.

(computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.

(transitive) To give a slap to.

(computing) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.

(transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.

(geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.

(intransitive) To strike soundly against something.

(construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.

To be excellent.

(archaic) Mud, sludge.

(transitive) To place, to put carelessly.

A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.

To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).

(transitive) To make something into a slab.

To play slap bass on (an instrument).

(archaic) Thick; viscous.

Exactly, precisely

A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

The wryneck.

With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.

The slack part of a sail.

A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Thick; viscous.

Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand;

Block consisting of a thick piece of something

Directly;