The difference between Claggy and Sticky
When used as adjectives, claggy means sticky or tacky, whereas sticky means able or likely to stick.
Sticky is also noun with the meaning: a sticky note, such as a post-it note.
Sticky is also verb with the meaning: to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
check bellow for the other definitions of Claggy and Sticky
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Claggy as an adjective (of mud, tar, glue or the like):
Sticky or tacky.
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Claggy as an adjective (specifically, of a roof in a mine):
Adhesive, having coal clinging to it.
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Sticky as an adjective:
Able or likely to stick.
Examples:
"Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?"
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Sticky as an adjective:
Potentially difficult to escape from.
Examples:
"This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful."
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Sticky as an adjective:
Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
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Sticky as an adjective (computing, informal, of a setting):
Persistent.
Examples:
"We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it."
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Sticky as an adjective (computing, of a window):
Appearing on all virtual desktops.
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Sticky as an adjective (Internet, of threads on a [[bulletin board]]):
Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
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Sticky as an adjective (Internet, of a [[website]]):
Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
Examples:
"A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not sticky: 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less."
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Sticky as a noun:
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
Examples:
"Her desk is covered with yellow stickies."
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Sticky as a noun (manufacturing):
A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
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Sticky as a noun (AU, colloquial):
A sweet dessert wine.
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Sticky as a verb (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive):
to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.