different between emesis vs sludge

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (émesis), from ???? (emé?, “vomit”). Compare ?????? (émetos, “vomit”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?s?s/
• Hyphenation: em?e?sis

Noun

emesis (countable and uncountable, plural emeses)

1. (pathology) The act or process of vomiting.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• missee

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (émesis), from ???? (emé?, “vomit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?mesis/, [e?me.sis]

Noun

emesis f (plural emesis)

1. (medicine) emesis, vomit

   Synonym: vómito

Further reading

“emesis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Possibly related to slush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Noun

sludge (countable and uncountable, plural sludges)

1. Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
2. A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
3. A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
4. A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.
5. (uncountable, music) sludge metal

Synonyms

• (separated solids): mud, mire, ooze, slush

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

sludge (third-person singular simple present sludges, present participle sludging, simple past and past participle sludged)

1. (intransitive, informal) To slump or slouch.
2. (intransitive) To slop or drip slowly.