The difference between Saliva and Spit

When used as nouns, saliva means a clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. it moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches, whereas spit means a thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.


Spit is also verb with the meaning: to impale on a spit.

check bellow for the other definitions of Saliva and Spit

  1. Saliva as a noun (physiology):

    A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

  1. Spit as a noun:

    A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

    Examples:

    "synonyms broach"

  2. Spit as a noun:

    A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

  1. Spit as a verb (transitive):

    To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

    Examples:

    "to spit a loin of veal"

  2. Spit as a verb (transitive):

    To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

    Examples:

    "She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."

  1. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

    Examples:

    "synonyms expectorate"

  2. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

    Examples:

    "a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"

  3. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To utter (something) violently.

  4. Spit as a verb (transitive, slang, hip-hop):

    To rap, to utter.

  1. Spit as a noun (uncountable):

    Saliva, especially when expectorated.

    Examples:

    "synonyms expectoration spittle"

    "There was spit all over the washbasin."

  2. Spit as a noun (countable):

    An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

  1. Spit as a noun:

    The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

  2. Spit as a noun:

    The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

  1. Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):

    To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

  2. Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):

    To plant (something) using a spade.

  3. Spit as a verb (intransitive, dialectal):

    To dig, to spade.

    Examples:

    "synonyms delve"

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