Difference between Absorbent and Spongy

ABSORBENT vs SPONGY: NOUN

A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
Anything which absorbs.
A substance that is capable of absorbing.
A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas.
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
A ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.
Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids)

Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
Resembling a sponge in elasticity, absorbency, or porousness.
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
Sponge lead. See under Sponge.
See under Platinum.
Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous

Absorbing or capable of absorbing; imbibing; swallowing; performing the function of absorption: as, absorbent vessels; the absorbent system.

Easily squashed
Moist; wet; rainy.
As it were soaked with drink; drunken.
Resembling a sponge in certain particulars; soft or elastic and porous; of open, loose, compressible texture, like a bath-sponge; punky, pithy, or soft-grained, as wood; boggy or soggy, as soil; absorbent; imbibitive. See cuts under cellular and cystolith.
Of the nature or character of a sponge; spongiform or spongoid.
In bookbinding, having a certain looseness or softness, which arises from irregularities in type impressions which have not been beaten out.

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Springy, Spongelike, Crumbly, Moist, Mushy, Gelatinous, Soggy, Rubbery, Mesophyll, Steelhead, Absorptive, Absorbent, Soft, Squashy, Squishy

Uptake, Absorbing, Gauze, Tampons, Protective, Sorbefacient, Assimilatory, Absorbefacient, Assimilating, Thirsty, Assimilative, Spongy, Absorptive, Hygroscopic, Absorbent material

Springy, Spongelike, Crumbly, Moist, Mushy, Gelatinous, Soggy, Rubbery, Mesophyll, Steelhead, Absorptive, Absorbent, Soft, Squashy, Squishy

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Place oil absorbent materials or a bioremediating bilge boom in the bilge and put an oil absorbent pad under the engine.
Super Absorbent Pad Zetuvit Plus A soft pad which rapidly absorbs exudates away from the wound into super absorbent particles.
Where dry absorbent cleanup methods are used, an adequate supply of dry absorbent material shall be maintained on site.
Absorbent core design in disposable absorbent personal care products has evolved significantly during the last twenty years.
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Absorbent padding, including paper towels, PIG absorbent matand spill pillows, aregenerally appropriate formost liquid spills.
JPO Absorbents is the national distributors of Green Stuff Absorbent and HTP Absorbent.
Absorbent dressings Description: An absorbent perforated dressing with adhesive border.
Absorbent material, such as absorbent paper towels, granular absorbent material, etc.

Bone marrow is the soft, spongy tissue found inside bones.
They are spongy, and ossia probably partorisca yours protect.
BSE, which causes spongy holes in the brain.
Abundance of padding makes for a spongy feel.
This audio has been heavily edited by Spongy.
Jamaican fruit with spongy white or yellow flesh.
At first, the disc is spongy and firm.
The term spongy bone will not be used.
With bone ___________ converting spongy to compact bone ways from an adult skull converting spongy to bone.
The interior is filled with a spongy network of tissue called cancellous bone, but is also referred to as spongy or trabecular bone.