ooze vs sweat

ooze

noun
  • An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth. 

  • A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground. 

  • Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather. 

  • Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary. 

  • A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms. 

verb
  • To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude. 

  • To be secreted or slowly leak. 

sweat

noun
  • Moisture issuing from any substance. 

  • The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis. 

  • Hard work; toil. 

  • A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. 

  • An extremely competitive player. 

  • The sweating sickness. 

  • Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. 

  • A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). 

verb
  • To stress out. 

  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin. 

  • To emit sweat. 

  • To worry about (something). 

  • To cause to perspire. 

  • To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. 

  • To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. 

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. 

  • To emit moisture. 

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together. 

  • To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. 

  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. 

  • To worry. 

  • To work hard. 

  • To emit, in the manner of sweat. 

  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. 

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