Difference between Mud and Sludge

What is the difference between Mud and Sludge?

Mud as a noun is a dirty mixture of water and soil while Sludge as a noun is a generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

Mud

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make muddy, dirty To make turbid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dirty mixture of water and soil A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall (construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents Money, doe, especially when proceeding from dirty business

Sludge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

We hope you now know whether to use Mud or Sludge in your sentence.

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