different between melted vs viscous
melted
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?lt?d/
Verb
melted
- simple past tense and past participle of melt
Adjective
melted (comparative more melted, superlative most melted)
- Being in a liquid state as a result of melting.
- Melted ice cream just isn't as much fun to eat.
See also
- molten
melted From the web:
- what melted the ice age
- what melted early earth
- what melted in the fire that was precious to ishmael
- what melted the giant's heart
- how did the ice age melt
viscous
English
Etymology
First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?s.k?s/
- Homophone: viscus
- Rhymes: -?sk?s
Adjective
viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)
- Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
- (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.
Synonyms
- (having a thick consistency): syrupy, viscid, viscose, thickflowing
Antonyms
- (physics): inviscid
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum.
Adjective
viscous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viscouse)
- viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly)
Descendants
- Middle French: visqueux
- French: visqueux
- ? English: viscous
References
- viscous on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
viscous From the web:
- what viscous means
- what vicious means
- what vicious circle affected manufacturing
- what vicious circle is marshall talking about
- what vicious circle are the bangle makers trapped in
- what vicious circle of poverty
- what's viscous fiber
- what viscous drag
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