different between stodgy vs plodding

English

Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy +? podgy.

stodgy (comparative stodgier or more stodgy, superlative stodgiest or most stodgy)

(of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
Dull, old-fashioned.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
  The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
  "What's the matter with you?" -- "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." -- "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." -- "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea."
(dated) Badly put together.

plodding

plodding (comparative more plodding, superlative most plodding)

plodding (countable and uncountable, plural ploddings)

Slow, laborious progress.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, Poems, "Honors"
  I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow.

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