What's the difference between ooze and seep?

Ooze


Definition:

  • (n.) Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
  • (n.) Soft flow; spring.
  • (n.) The liquor of a tan vat.
  • (n.) To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
  • (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
  • (v. t.) To cause to ooze.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The time of doubling of the bacterial number can be calculated approximately by counting bacterial cells in the ooze layer every day.
  • (2) Eurozone leaders ooze confidence that Greece’s financial collapse could be easily weathered by the rest of the currency bloc.
  • (3) The paper presents data concerning the activity of microflora in water and ooze deposits of lakes of the Yaroslavl Region.
  • (4) Of 193 patients suffering from peptic ulcer bleeding identified by emergency gastrointestinoscopy, 52 patients were found to have bleeding gastric ulcer (spurt 5, active oozing 9, fresh clot 11, black clot 17, protruding vessel 4, and clear base without stigmata 6); the other 141 had bleeding duodenal ulcer (spurt 5, active oozing 26, fresh clot 43, black clot 23, protruding vessel 15, and clear base without stigmata 31).
  • (5) A search for an intact blister is always warranted when erosions, oozing, or crusts are noted.
  • (6) Fungi of the class Pyrenomycetes (Ascomycotina) form a morphological series ranging from those that shoot ascospores (sexual spores) forcibly from the ascus (spore sac) to fungi that ooze ascospores or have no obvious mechanism for ascospore release.
  • (7) Microorganisms were studied by capillary microscopy in the surface layer of ooze and in the bottom layer of water in the ore field of the lake Krasnoye.
  • (8) Jamie Vardy, oozing belief, headed the ball smartly to set it into his path before sweeping sweetly past Cech.
  • (9) In the case with Ehlers-Danlos, the disease presented rupioid plaque-like erythematous oozing lesions which seem somewhat different from those of the photodermatosis yet known.
  • (10) Sixteen patients with RPE ooze were followed for a mean of 4.5 years without treatment.
  • (11) But the British prime minister oozed schadenfreude with the result, received strong support from the Germans, the Dutch and the Scandinavians and looked pleased with the stalemate, portraying himself as the scourge of bloated Brussels, the guardian of the British and the European taxpayer.
  • (12) The dialogue is perfect: the broker waxes inanely on ("A lovely space"), and the prospective buyers ooze gratitude at being granted a viewing.
  • (13) The population densities in this surface sediment at two nearby stations, one with a predominantly mineral stream bed and the other an organic ooze, did not differ significantly.
  • (14) These differences in haemodynamics give rise to less arterial, and notably less venous oozing of blood from the surgical area.
  • (15) If the incision is kept negatively charged through application of an electrical current, coagulation at the site will be inhibited and the wound will ooze for many hours.
  • (16) Big names frighten them on their doorsteps, oozing bogus bonhomie.
  • (17) It seems to be under constant threat of being swallowed by the toxic mud that oozes between the tents and huts that house approximately 6,000 human beings.
  • (18) Caine’s Guardian reader may be decrepit and disillusioned but still oozes wit and discerning taste.
  • (19) In parallel the prognosis of oozing bleeding improved.
  • (20) A closed drain, i.e., the Robinson drainage system, can be kept in place for at least 12-24 h to check the postoperative ooze.

Seep


Definition:

  • (v. i.) Alt. of Sipe

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results indicate the presence of ANP in canine CSF and that it does not come from blood that has seeped across the blood-CSF barriers but may originate in the brain.
  • (2) The media are more pervasive, seeping everywhere into the vacuum left by the shrinking of the old powers.
  • (3) It has been estimated that natural oil seeps may also contribute as much as 10% of the hydrocarbons in the global marine environment.
  • (4) The unusually long period of time that the tooth survived might be attributed to a different approach to the replantation technique, such as occlusion adjustment prior to replantation, preoperative reduction of oral cavity bacteria and of the harmful aerosols commonly found in the dental operatory, placement of a noneugenol periodontal packing under the acrylic splint to prevent residual liquid monomer from seeping into the periodontal space, use of the patient's own blood and no other material to moisten the root while it was out of the socket, a short extraoral period, loose splinting, complete isolation of the operative site in the oral cavity, and completion of periodontal therapy before intentional replantation.
  • (5) For these palmiers, however, – full of chocolate and honey – I've found the rolling method is best for keeping the filling contained in the swirls of dough and stopping it from seeping across the baking tray.
  • (6) Today's news shows the poison of bad credit continues to seep through the veins of the world's financial markets.
  • (7) Over the following days, every drop of the 119,328 tonnes of crude oil borne by this 300m-long supertanker seeped into the Atlantic.
  • (8) Porous rocks under the Martian surface might hold frozen water that melts in the summer months and seeps up to the surface.
  • (9) Shorten said he hoped debate would shift from the “toxic, malignant, poison of Hansonism that seeps to surface of our politics”.
  • (10) Noble gases are one of four things the organisation looks out for in its nuclear monitoring process, because the gases can be released by either slowly seeping through rock and sediment from underground to the surface after a nuclear test or come from activity at a test site.
  • (11) Even as the radiation levels above ground stabilise, the legacy for Tomioka and Fukushima Prefecture in general will be a long one, as caesium seeps deeper into the ground on its slow journey to the groundwater.
  • (12) But the arts are of importance to all voters, and seep into areas well beyond the confines of the Department for Culture .
  • (13) By the 13th fetal day cerebrospinal fluid begins to seep into and replace it.
  • (14) Somehow the story seeped into our bones, expressed in our best-loved sitcoms – with their tales of frustrated men, from Captain Mainwaring to David Brent, made ridiculous by delusions of grandeur – and by a brand of newspaper whose unspoken daily message is that the country is going to the dogs.
  • (15) The organism was recovered from the clay layer of the soil profile as well as from water that seeps into this layer during the "wet" season.
  • (16) Oil is spreading across the creeks and mangrove forests and seeping deeper into the water table.
  • (17) If bleeding persists in spite of ligation, this does not mean that the wrong vessel has been tied off but that arterial anastomoses are allowing blood to seep from the ethmoidal to the sphenopalatine area of the nose.
  • (18) She said: "Under the carapace of glittering, hedonistic celebrity, the ooze of a very different and more dangerous lifestyle has seeped out for all to see."
  • (19) Lahm was 12 years old when he joined the Bundesliga’s record title winners and it would not be an exaggeration to say that the club’s you-have-to-win-everything attitude to the game has seeped deep into Lahm’s psyche.
  • (20) Brendan didn’t obsess about telling us about opponents constantly, but through working on certain exercises the message seeped into our minds.