The difference between Glue and Gum

When used as nouns, glue means a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive, whereas gum means the flesh around the teeth.

When used as verbs, glue means to join or attach something using glue, whereas gum means to chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Glue and Gum

  1. Glue as a noun:

    A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

  2. Glue as a noun (figurative):

    Anything that binds two things or people together.

  3. Glue as a noun (obsolete):

    Birdlime.

  1. Glue as a verb (transitive):

    To join or attach something using glue.

    Examples:

    "I need to glue the chair-leg back into place."

  2. Glue as a verb (transitive):

    To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

    Examples:

    "His eyes were glued to the screen."

  1. Gum as a noun (often, in the plural):

    The flesh around the teeth.

  1. Gum as a verb:

    To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

  2. Gum as a verb (transitive):

    To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

  1. Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):

    Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.

  2. Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):

    Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.

  3. Gum as a noun (mostly, uncountable):

    Chewing gum.

  4. Gum as a noun (countable):

    A single piece of chewing gum.

    Examples:

    "Do you have a gum to spare?"

  5. Gum as a noun (South Africa, often, in the plural):

    A gummi candy.

  6. Gum as a noun (US, dialect, Southern US):

    A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.

  7. Gum as a noun (US, dialect, Southern US):

    A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.

  8. Gum as a noun (US, dialect):

    A rubber overshoe.

  9. Gum as a noun:

    A gum tree.

  1. Gum as a verb (sometimes with {{m, up):

    }} To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.

  2. Gum as a verb:

    To stiffen with glue or gum.

  3. 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."

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