What's the difference between bluey and gluey?

Bluey


Definition:

  • (a.) Bluish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Guinness Book of World Records recognises Bluey, an Australian cattle dog that died in 1939 at the age of 29, as the record holder.
  • (2) My husband is a bluey-skinned, caucasian type – poor him – and absolutely hates wearing it, but when we're visiting family abroad, I can't deal with him unless he's got it slapped on.
  • (3) Cameron made two announcements of equipment for Helmand, and sent a so-called fax "bluey", a message to every individual soldier in Afghanistan, thanking them for their commitment this year and promising to provide whatever he can to help them "endure".
  • (4) "He's perfectly captured that bluey-green haze you see across the Vale of York," agrees Hinde.

Gluey


Definition:

  • (a.) Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The formation of aldolization products or polymers and of gluey flavour compounds modified the character of flavour and confused less experienced judges.
  • (2) It has a metallic, pungently sweaty kick to it, as if someone has absorbed the fluids of a gym changing-room floor into a lump of gluey cheese-like matter.
  • (3) It does the same to most of the gluey, plastic, molten-cheese-smeared, iceberg-lettuce-bedded monstrosities that pass for Tex Mex in the US as well.
  • (4) And indeed, Pavid and I were still pretty close friends – we sat next to each other in class, and he would show me his gluey hands, and I would repeat jokes from 'Allo 'Allo, pretending that I'd made them up myself.
  • (5) Singing it can sometimes feel like wallowing in a world of gluey nostalgia.
  • (6) It only softens up again with prolonged cooking at low temperatures, which breaks down the collagen and gives the succulent, almost gluey, soft texture common to stews and braised dishes.
  • (7) Deeply tanned and well-seasoned, it has a lovely savoury edge to it but it is a shade too thick and, consequently, a bit undercooked and gluey directly beneath that crisp outer shell.
  • (8) In an area larger than a football pitch, 40,000 cubic metres of gluey, hard-packed clay has had to be removed with diggers in order to access the bodies.

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