spatter vs slush around

spatter is a noun but slush around is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spatter	Yes	No	Yes	No
slush around	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, slush around is a hyponym of spatter; that is, slush around is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spatter:

Other hyponyms of spatter include puddle, slosh, slosh around, slush.

spatter (noun)	slush around (noun)
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

spatter (verb)	slush around (verb)
dash a liquid upon or against	spill or splash copiously or clumsily
spot, splash, or soil
rain gently