Gel vs. Wax
Difference Between Gel and Wax
Gelnoun
A colloid in which the disperse phase has combined with the dispersion medium to produce a semisolid material, such as a jelly.
Waxnoun
Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.
Gelnoun
See gelatin.
Waxnoun
Beeswax.
Gelnoun
A jellylike substance used in styling hair.
Waxnoun
Earwax.
Gelverb
To become a gel.
Waxnoun
A solid plastic or pliable liquid substance, such as ozocerite or paraffin, originating from petroleum and found in rock layers and used in paper coating, as insulation, in crayons, and often in medicinal preparations.
Gelverb
To apply a gel to (the hair).
Waxnoun
A preparation containing wax used for polishing floors and other surfaces.
Gelverb
To take shape or become clear
Plans for the project are finally starting to gel.Waxnoun
A resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread.
Gelnoun
A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
Waxnoun
A cosmetic procedure in which facial or body hair is removed by peeling away a layer of wax that has been allowed to harden.
Gelnoun
Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
Waxnoun
A fit of anger
"All at once you would suddenly find yourself reverting to childish attitudes, flaring up in a wax with some fellow" (Frank O'Connor).Gelnoun
(British) A girl.
Waxadjective
Made of wax
a wax candle.Gelverb
(transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
Waxverb
To coat, treat, or polish with wax.
Gelverb
(intransitive) To become a gel.
Waxverb
To remove (facial or body hair) by covering the skin with a layer of wax that is peeled off after hardening, uprooting the encased hairs.
Gelverb
(intransitive) To develop a rapport.
Waxverb
To remove hair from (a portion of the body) by this method.
Gelnoun
a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
Waxverb
To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity
“His love affair with Mrs. Bernstein waxed and waned and waxed again” (C. Hugh Holman).Gelnoun
a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Waxverb
To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.
Gelverb
become a gel;
The solid, when heated, gelledWaxverb
To grow or become as specified
“His very body had waxed old in lowly service of the Lord” (James Joyce).Gelverb
apply a styling gel to;
she mousses her hairWaxverb
To speak or write as specified
“[He] warmed to his most favorite of subjects, waxed eloquent, gained in his face a glow of passion” (Paul J. Willis).Waxnoun
Beeswax.
Waxnoun
Earwax.
What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?Waxnoun
Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
Waxnoun
Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
Waxnoun
(uncountable) The phonograph record format for music.
Waxnoun
A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
Waxnoun
A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil
Waxnoun
(rare) The process of growing.
Waxnoun
An outburst of anger.
Waxadjective
Made of wax.
Waxverb
(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
Waxverb
(transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
Waxverb
To defeat utterly.
Waxverb
To kill, especially to murder a person.
Waxverb
To record.
Waxverb
(intransitive) To increase (phase of the Moon or other planet). Example The Moon is waxing.
Waxverb
To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.
to wax lyrical;to wax eloquent;to wax wodeWaxverb
To grow.
Waxverb
To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
Waxverb
To move from low tide to high tide.
Waxnoun
any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
Waxverb
cover with wax;
wax the carWaxverb
go up or advance;
Sales were climbing after prices were loweredWaxverb
increase in phase;
the moon is waxing
