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Coachpotato Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

seep / ooze

Could you help me with these two words? What's the difference between seep and ooze? Which one should be used in the following sentence?

As I walked along the landing I noticed water ...... under the door.

Thanks in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

Either would be appropriate but personally I would choose seep. Ooze, to me, has an element of yucky icky sticky sort of stuff?

— Nona the brit

  • Either would be appropriate but personally I would choose seep.
  • Ooze, to me, has an element of yucky icky sticky sort of stuff?
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Either would be appropriate but personally I would choose seep. Ooze, to me, has an element of yucky icky sticky sort of stuff?
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Thanks for your answer Nona.

So I guess in the following sentece I'd better use the verb ooze:

The wound oozed blood.
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