provender vs slop

slop vs provender

provender and slop both are nouns.

provender is not a verb while slop is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
provender	Yes	No	No	No
slop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slop is a hyponym of provender; that is, slop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provender:

provender: food for domestic livestock
slop: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

Other hyponyms of provender include blood meal, corn gluten feed, cattle cake, creep feed, fodder, feed grain, ensilage, silage, oil cake, pigswill, pigwash, slops, swill, mash, cud, rechewed food, bird feed, bird food, birdseed, pet-food, pet food, petfood, mast, fish meal, potato pulp.

provender (noun)	slop (noun)
a stock or supply of foods	writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
food for domestic livestock	wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
	(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
	deep soft mud in water or slush
	(usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand

provender (verb)	slop (verb)
	feed pigs
	cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
	ladle clumsily
	walk through mud or mire

Difference between provender and slop

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