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What is the difference between slippery and slimy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between slippery and slimy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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when something is slippery... it could be anything making it slippery. Usually, water. Telling you... 'be careful walking'.
when something is SLIMY, that implies there's some kind of GOO, or an unpleasant substance.
"slimy" sounds gross.. 'slippery" doesn't.
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