What's the difference between creamy and greasy?

Creamy


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Grilled Grill herring with a little oil and salt and the skin will blacken and crisp to reveal a creamy delicious flesh inside.
  • (2) For the filling, cream the remaining butter with the sugar until very creamy.
  • (3) Grilled cuttlefish on a bed of chestnut purée comes dramatically drizzled with black squid ink and shredded fried leek, while the innocuous-sounding champi con foie conceals mushroom, foie gras, creamy alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and a slick of salsa verde.
  • (4) When combined with zinc oxide powder, a creamy mixture results.
  • (5) The cystic cavities contained turbid chocolate-colored fluid or a yellowish creamy substance.
  • (6) After an observation period of 1 month, bacteria were found on the pulpal wall in two out of 10 cavities beneath Fluoritec and four out of 10 cavities beneath Durelon solid mixed, De Trey phosphate cement solid or creamy mixed.
  • (7) It is still pasteurised, to kill any bacteria, but even the semi-skimmed varieties are sold with the almost-forgotten creamy top.
  • (8) Photograph: Sam Jones for the Guardian For the time being, though, its success will rest on the world’s appetite for the creamy-coloured fruit of the baobab.
  • (9) For the dressing 1 tbsp cider or white-wine vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper For the salad A couple of handfuls rocket leaves 80g semi-soft blue cheese 6 dates, pitted and sliced 50g hazelnuts, toasted and roughly chopped Whisk together the vinegar and oil until you have a creamy emulsion, then pour a tablespoon into the bottom of a bowl.
  • (10) It comes, as it should, in a bag of liquid, and is firm to the touch but with a good level of gentle fluffiness inside and a delicate, creamy aftertaste.
  • (11) With gorgeously savoury ribs, a rib-sticking Italian soup, and a creamy Keralan fish curry on the menu, it was particularly tough to pick a favourite, but for sheer alchemy, James Connery's magically melting ox cheek ragu took some beating.
  • (12) When the rice is plump and creamy, stir in the sugar and let it dissolve, then fold in the mascarpone.
  • (13) "It's beautiful, balanced, with a creamy mouthfeel," she says in tones of rapture.
  • (14) Accessible only on foot, the Needles section of the Canyonlands national park has pink and creamy turrets, chimneys, gullies, mysterious canyons and weird formations.
  • (15) The diagnosis is generally easily established by the presence, in standing plasma, of a creamy chylomicron layer over a clear infranatant and by the large predominance of triglycerides over cholesterol in the plasma.
  • (16) Three-chilli fish Don’t be intimidated by the amount of chilli in this: the ancho is much more about smoke than heat, plus the creamy tahini sauce evens things out.
  • (17) It was clear, colourless, and slightly viscous by day 50, but creamy, more viscous, and mucoid by days 100 and 150.
  • (18) Beneath the intermediary base materials Dycal, zinc oxide-eugenol cement, Dropsin and Durelon creamy mixed, no bacteria were found.
  • (19) In the green and pleasant English village of Warnham, the elderflower and hawthorn are in full, scented, creamy bloom and the sun umbrellas are up in the pub’s well-tended garden.
  • (20) Whether creamy or semi-skimmed, from Jersey or Lancashire, milk in Britain is always tasty.

Greasy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.
  • (superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.
  • (superl.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
  • (superl.) Fat of body; bulky.
  • (superl.) Gross; indelicate; indecent.
  • (superl.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
  • (2) Ivanovic simply seemed to pull a muscle when he slipped on the greasy surface.
  • (3) We head off for breakfast at a greasy caff in London's West End.
  • (4) After allowing the 0.25% greasy ointment to take effect for 6 hours, about half of the dose applied to rats and three quarters of that applied to pigs could be removed from the application area (rejection rate).
  • (5) The tiny room, furnished with a battered old desk and greasy-looking mattress, resembles a monastic cell.
  • (6) Touch the soil, as Dughan did, and as his daughter did too at the sight of him, and it felt greasy, heavy, as if someone had poured cream onto loam.
  • (7) Immunization to provoke a persistent anti-melatonin antibody response at the winter solstice resulted in significantly increased greasy fleece weight, % cashmere yield, and mass of cashmere produced, but no change in fibre diameter in both sexes.
  • (8) The concentration and base in which a steroid is used influence this activity, and traditional greasy ointments are probably the most effective vehicles.
  • (9) The Jamaican lived up to his showbiz reputation as he made light of the greasy conditions and waved to the delighted crowd on his way to the blocks.
  • (10) Traditionally, such an outcome has felt beyond all realms of reason and possibility, with the notion that a decent sort of chap could politick his way to the top of Vatican's greasy poll more outlandish even than the idea that such a soul could take the White House.
  • (11) The Italian greasy spoon (now gone) sold overpriced, watery cappuccino, but was only yards from both Downing Street and the Treasury, and its interior, only dimly visible from the street, was small enough to deter eavesdroppers.
  • (12) The resistance of the virus was tested in vitro in a fluid medium of 50% Henk's balanced saline solution, 50% Eagle's medium MEM and a supplement of 10% normal calf serum as well as its resistance on artificially virus infected pig skin and greasy wool of sheep.
  • (13) The only art scene in Glasgow at the time was figurative painting: people with long greasy hair and moustaches who were like, "I could've been a shipbuilder, but I decided to be a painter instead."
  • (14) There was subjective benefit in hair growth and greasiness and a significant reduction in the semi-objective Ferriman-Gallwey index in nine of 10 subjects assessed for at least 9 months.
  • (15) We go back again and again for another greasy burger or indeterminate hunk of fish, knowing full well how bad it is for us.
  • (16) We rely on consumers information regarding the following properties of sunscreens: stickiness, oily shine, greasiness, discoloration, odor, and tolerance.
  • (17) The majority of complaints concerned the greasiness of mupirocin ointment.
  • (18) In the Middle East, where sport has over the past 15 years become increasingly important as a means of projecting soft power and building nationhood, involvement in bidding for events and climbing the greasy pole in international sports organisations has become a useful means of obtaining and retaining personal standing.
  • (19) The advantages of immediate wound closure in case of open leg wounds, as opposed to delayed repair or the use of greasy dressings, need no longer be proven.
  • (20) In both the twelve and four month studies the marked placebo effect of "youthful skin appearance", and on skin greasiness in the twelve month study, indicate that no reliance can be placed on patient judgement of skin texture and appearance.