Difference between Viscous and Thick

What is the difference between Viscous and Thick?

Viscous as an adjective is having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid while Thick as an adjective is relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Viscous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid Of or pertaining to viscosity

Thick

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a thick manner.Thickly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The thickest, or most active or intense part of something.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.Heavy in build; thickset.Densely crowded or packed.Having a viscous consistency.Abounding in number.Impenetrable to sight.Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.Stupid.Friendly or intimate.Deep. intense, or profound.

Example sentence: Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.

We hope you now know whether to use Viscous or Thick in your sentence.

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