What's the difference between gummy and sticky?

Gummy


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Statistical tests were carried out on the results of chemical analysis for total mercury concentrations of replicate samples of muscle tissue of school shark Galeorhinus australis (Macleay) and gummy shark Mustelus antarcticus Guenther from six independent analytical laboratories.
  • (2) When he smiles, he looks as cute and gummy as a newborn.
  • (3) The BBMs between Bosch and Rodriguez include references to code names for numerous banned substances, such as: Gummies (troches containing testosterone); Pink Food or Pink Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Blue or PM Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Liquid Soup or Red Liquid (a melted or liquefied form of a troche containing testosterone); and Cojete or Rocket (a subcutaneous syringe containing, among other things IGF­1, [insulin growth factor].
  • (4) system which incorporates a near vertical pull headgear, and its use in the management of severe 'gummy' Class II division 1 malocclusion.
  • (5) Four experimental groups included Group I (Control) which was administered 3% Gummi Alabicum (p.o.
  • (6) The gland probably secretes a gummy fluid for larval movements rather than a stinking odourous fluid for defense.
  • (7) TAc was found to contain at a level as high as 550 ppm in one domestic gummy candy.
  • (8) The cannabis-infused products include lollipops, gummy sweets, cookies, brownies, cartons of grape, mango and cherry juice, and chocolate bars in foil packets with exotic flavours such as banana and walnut.
  • (9) Materials used were a gummy shark (Mustelus manazo), a cloudy dogfish (Scyliorhinus torazame) and a skate (Raja porosa).
  • (10) Gummy pseudomonad residues from vacuum-evaporated broth cultures readily passed a G-25 Sephadex column.
  • (11) A 32-year-old female reacted with a contact urticaria syndrome after eating 'gummy bears' (fruit gums).
  • (12) A basic protein has been purified from the CNS myelin of the gummy shark (Mustelus antarticus).
  • (13) Fuelled on free chocolate, gummy bears and other snacks, they collectively made several thousand calls a day.
  • (14) Elastase-like enzymes were detected as zymogens in all of the pancreatic extracts from the gummy shark, bullhead shark, angel shark, smooth hammerhead, bestel, rainbow trout, carp, eel, Japanese mackerel, yellowtail, sea bass, parrotfish, bullfrog, chicken, bluewhite dolphin, hog, rat, cat, and dog.
  • (15) These “gummy candies” have names like Quirky, Cheeky, Silly and Flirty and last year the company shifted 1.3 million bags, with the expectation to double that in 2014.
  • (16) In the gummy shark, a pair of inferior hypothalamic arteries send several branches to the median eminence running along the anterolateral sides of the distal adenohypophysis.
  • (17) RAST measurements with allergen discs produced with gelatine and gelatine-containing products (among them 'gummy bears') demonstrated the presence of IgE antibodies in the serum of this patient.
  • (18) They were “hyperdiverse, spiritual rather than Religious-with-a-capital-R, educated, transnational – their family may be originally from Pakistan but now could be scattered across Canada, South Africa and the UK – they have a high disposable income, and the vast majority are English speakers.” A key subset of gummies was “mipsters” - Muslim hipsters, aged between 16 and 24, whose hallmarks were identity, image, fashion, friendship and education, he added.
  • (19) Now she is cowering bewildered in a corner, her legs crimped tight under her, her eyes gummy and masked.
  • (20) The qualitative and quantitative analytical methods were proposed for the simple and rapid determination of triacetin (TAc) in commercial gummy candies and other foodstuffs by gas chromatography (GC), thin layer chromatography (TLC) and infrared spectroscopy (IR).

Sticky


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The texture of a food item can be distinguished in hardness, toughness, stickiness, juiciness and chewability.
  • (2) The outstanding advantages in microsurgery are as follows: (1) After moderate hemodilution had been performed, blood stickiness was so reduced that the resistance of blood stream was decreased.
  • (3) Most of the drugs tested were designed to target the accumulation of sticky plaques, called beta-amyloids.
  • (4) Among junior high school students the results suggested that consciousness about and interest in such factors as gingival bleeding, bad breath and sticky feeling in the mouth caused better dental health behavior.
  • (5) In addition, the co-aligned configuration of the ends of the sex-chromosome axes of this species and the lack of silver-stainable threads or filaments connecting them suggest the existence of two mechanisms for association of the sex chromosomes during prophase I and metaphase I: attachment of the ends of both sex chromosome axes to the nuclear envelope and heterochromatin "stickiness."
  • (6) The most relevant factors causing these differences were: saltiness, fluor flavor, stickiness, dryness, and uniformity of color.
  • (7) The onions are easy to store and to handle, and the root tip cells constitute a convenient system for macroscopic (growth, EC50 values) as well as for microscopic parameters (c-mitosis, stickiness, chromosome breaks).
  • (8) For primary explorers, build habitats out of cardboard with sticky tape and get them to decorate their designs.
  • (9) I like your advice about having a sticky note on the phone, saying: "Lunches are better for me."
  • (10) Remnants of the highly viscous and sticky contrast medium that remain attached to the vascular wall complicate the technical procedure of anastomosing.
  • (11) Illustration: Virtual Design Agency As the original sketches were made from sticky tape, the corners of the letters in the final design are missing.
  • (12) Kazimierz Karasinski has been honorary consul of the UK in Krakow for 16 years, helping British citizens in sticky situations.
  • (13) This station, with its quarter-mile, 300kph trains, a huge cocktail bar, a branch of Foyles stocked with 20,000 titles, a smart Searcy's restaurant and brasserie, independent coffee bars, floors covered in timber and stone rather than sticky British airport-style carpet, new gothic carvings, newly cast gothic door handles, and a nine-metre-high sculpture of lovers meeting under the station clock?
  • (14) I couldn't handle the hangovers: waking up in the sticky filth of the Colony Room on the floor; sweating my way though meetings at White Cube; going to meet Larry [Gagosian] on the Anadin, the Nurofen, the Berocca and the Vicks nasal spray, looking like an alcoholic tramp.
  • (15) Now he has tipped the prime minister and the chancellor into the sticky stuff.
  • (16) She says it began as a "defence mechanism" – "it gets you out of so many sticky situations" – but it has now become the means by which Delevingne communicates her sense of fun, in a world where most models seem to adopt a bored, peevish expression of someone queuing to return a faulty toaster in Argos.
  • (17) This "sticky" interpersonal style may be particularly common in TLE patients with a left sided temporal lobe seizure focus.
  • (18) But in and among the general approval, there was the odd titter that such a well-established prize should find itself being backed by a purveyor of sticky drinks.
  • (19) Macroscopic examination of the 97 explanted prostheses provided information on their integrity (38.1% of prostheses ruptured), gel differentiation (24.7%), sticky surfaces (26.8%), surface deposits (33%), memory folds (54.6%), and Dacron fixation patches (20.6%).
  • (20) It has been shown that sulfinpyrazone is able to interfere with the dynamic interaction between sticky Walker-256-carcinosarcoma cells and the vascular endothelium.