gruel vs pap

gruel

noun
  • A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. 

  • punishment 

  • something that lacks substance 

  • semen 

verb
  • ejaculate 

  • To exhaust, use up, disable 

  • to punish 

pap

noun
  • Porridge. 

  • Nonsense; pablum. 

  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak. 

  • The pulp of fruit. 

  • Pap smear 

  • Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. 

  • Pa; father. 

  • Support from official patronage. 

verb
  • Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent. 

adj
  • Flat. 

  • Spineless, wet, without character. 

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