Slush vs. Smoothie — What's the Difference?

Slush, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals (e.g., snow) and liquid water.In the natural environment, slush forms when ice or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color.

A smoothie or smoothy is a drink made from pureed raw fruit and/or vegetables, using a blender. A smoothie often has a liquid base such as fruit juice, dairy products, such as milk, yogurt, ice cream or cottage cheese.

Partially melted snow or ice

A man with a smooth, suave manner

Excessive sentiment

A thick, smooth drink of fresh fruit pureed with milk, yogurt, or ice cream.

Make a squelching or splashing sound

(Informal) A person regarded as being assured and artfully ingratiating in manner.

Partially melted snow or ice.

A drink that is made of fruit or sometimes vegetables and is blended with juice, milk, or yogurt and often ice until smooth.

Soft mud; slop; mire.

A smooth-talking person.

(Nautical) Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley.

A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.

A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery.

(figurative) A blending of different things, a mishmash

Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel.

A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.

A drink made of flavored syrup poured over crushed ice.

Someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

(Informal) Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.

A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk

To daub (machinery) with slush.

To fill (joints in masonry) with mortar.

(Nautical) To wash down (a deck) by splashing with water.

To splash or soak with slush or mud.

To walk or proceed through slush.

To make a splashing or slushy sound.

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

Liquid mud or mire.

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

(engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.

(publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.

To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Soft mud.

A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Partially melted snow

Make a splashing sound;

Spill or splash copiously or clumsily;