What's the difference between stodge and storge?

Stodge


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With the stodge and results-first defensiveness of the Verbeek and Osieck interregnums out of the way, it is finally okay to like to the Socceroos again.
  • (2) Chocolate stout pudding (above) Admittedly, with summer creeping in and temperatures rising, it's hardly pudding season.But I'm a firm believer in the restorative powers of stodge, and I'd hate for the pleasures of pudding – steamed sponges, sticky toffee, spotted dick and custard – to be out of bounds for part of the year.
  • (3) Stuck between the cultist Friends of Radio 3 and Global Radio’s sprightly three-times-the-size Classic FM, the network vacillates between populist copying and public service broadcasting stodge.
  • (4) There's a wide selection of teas, a kids' menu, gluten-free and vegan options, and the Sunday brunch is legendary – try the veggie haggis on toast for satisfying hangover stodge.
  • (5) Far from the tasteless stodge of traditional UK food, American bland-burgers or no-offence Italian pasta and pizza, Nando's food is spicy, with roots in Africa and, therefore, the West Indies.

Storge


Definition:

  • (n.) Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rubin's (1970) Liking Scale, however, could be further subdivided into Respect (Pragma) and Similarity (Storge).

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