What's the difference between claggy and slaggy?

Claggy


Definition:

  • (a.) Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This is not the deliciously claggy cheesecake that is baked and left to set.
  • (2) The nuts bring clagginess and the fruit is too wet, so the result is soggy and mushy with a mouth-coating trace of clay, a sort of repulsive pabulum whose problem is not its flavour but its mouthfeel.
  • (3) The source of the sesame isn’t normally listed on jars of tahini sold in the UK, nor is the method of production, but generally speaking, I find Israeli, Lebanese and Palestinian brands superior to Greek and Cypriot ones; they seem more flavoursome, lighter and less claggy.
  • (4) Smoked potato mash is plopped into yet another carton – both it and a claggy risotto consisting largely of peas cause the cardboard to bulge sweatily.

Slaggy


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Others are just laughing at someone who's poor and slaggy."

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