Slime vs. Gel — What's the Difference?

A thick, sticky, slippery substance.

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.

(Biology) A mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as catfishes and slugs.

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

Soft moist earth; mud.

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

A slurry containing very fine particulate matter.

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

Vile or disgusting matter.

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

(Slang) A despicable or repulsive person.

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

To smear with slime.

Apply gel to (the hair)

To remove slime from (fish to be canned, for example).

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

To vilify or malign (someone), especially publicly.

See gelatin.

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

A jellylike substance used in styling hair.

Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

To become a gel.

A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.

To apply a gel to (the hair).

A monster having the form of a slimy blob.

To take shape or become clear

Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.

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

(obsolete) Jew’s slime (bitumen).

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

A friend; a homie.

A girl.

(transitive) To coat with slime.

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

To besmirch or disparage.

(intransitive) To become a gel.

To carve (fish), removing the offal.

(intransitive) To develop a rapport.

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

To come together to form something; to cohere.

Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.

A colloid in a more solid form than a sol

Bitumen.

A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects

Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

Become a gel;

A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.

Apply a styling gel to;

To smear with slime.

Any thick messy substance

Cover or stain with slime;