The difference between Conglutinate and Gum
When used as verbs, conglutinate means to stick or glue together, whereas gum means to chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
Conglutinate is also adjective with the meaning: glued together.
Gum is also noun with the meaning: the flesh around the teeth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Conglutinate and Gum
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Conglutinate as a verb:
To stick or glue together.
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Conglutinate as a verb:
To join together; to unite.
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Conglutinate as an adjective:
Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
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Gum as a noun (often, in the plural):
The flesh around the teeth.
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Gum as a verb:
To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
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Gum as a verb (transitive):
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
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Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):
Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
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Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):
Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
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Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):
Chewing gum.
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Gum as a noun (countable):
A single piece of chewing gum.
Examples:
"Do you have a gum to spare?"
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Gum as a noun (South Africa, often, in the plural):
A gummi candy.
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Gum as a noun (US, dialect, Southern US):
A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
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Gum as a noun (US, dialect, Southern US):
A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
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Gum as a noun (US, dialect):
A rubber overshoe.
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Gum as a noun:
A gum tree.
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Gum as a verb (sometimes with {{m, up):
}} To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
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Gum as a verb:
To stiffen with glue or gum.
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Gum as a verb (colloquial, with {{m, up):
}} To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
Examples:
"That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."
"The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas."