The difference between Slack and Slough

When used as nouns, slack means small coal, whereas slough means the skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

When used as verbs, slack means to slacken, whereas slough means to shed (skin).

Slack is also adverb with the meaning: slackly.

Slack is also adjective with the meaning: lax.

check bellow for the other definitions of Slack and Slough

  1. Slack as a noun (uncountable):

    Small coal; coal dust.

  2. Slack as a noun (countable):

    A valley, or small, shallow dell.

  3. Slack as a noun (uncountable):

    The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

    Examples:

    "the slack of a rope or of a sail"

  4. Slack as a noun (countable):

    A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

  1. Slack as an adjective:

    Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

    Examples:

    "a slack rope"

  2. Slack as an adjective:

    Weak; not holding fast.

    Examples:

    "a slack hand"

  3. Slack as an adjective:

    Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

    Examples:

    "slack in duty or service"

  4. Slack as an adjective:

    Not violent, rapid, or pressing.

    Examples:

    "Business is slack."

  5. Slack as an adjective (slang, West Indies):

    vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music

  1. Slack as an adverb:

    Slackly.

    Examples:

    "slack dried hops"

  1. Slack as a verb:

    To slacken.

  2. Slack as a verb (obsolete):

    To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

  3. Slack as a verb (followed by “off”):

    to procrastinate; to be lazy

  4. Slack as a verb (followed by “off”):

    to refuse to exert effort

  5. Slack as a verb:

    To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

    Examples:

    "Lime slacks."

  1. Slough as a noun:

    The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

    Examples:

    "That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."

  2. Slough as a noun:

    Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

    Examples:

    "This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."

  1. Slough as a verb (transitive):

    To shed (skin).

    Examples:

    "This skin is being sloughed."

    "Snakes slough their skin periodically."

  2. Slough as a verb (intransitive):

    To slide off (like a layer of skin).

    Examples:

    "A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."

  3. Slough as a verb (transitive, card games):

    To discard.

    Examples:

    "East sloughed a heart."

  4. Slough as a verb (intransitive, slang, Western US):

    To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.

    Examples:

    "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"

  1. Slough as a noun (British):

    A muddy or marshy area.

  2. Slough as a noun (Eastern United States):

    A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.

    Examples:

    "We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough."

  3. Slough as a noun (Western United States):

    A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

    Examples:

    "The [[w:Sacramento River Delta Sacramento River Delta]] contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing."

  4. Slough as a noun:

    A state of depression.

    Examples:

    "John is in a slough."

  5. Slough as a noun (Canadian Prairies):

    A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

    Examples:

    "Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems."

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