Main Difference
The main difference between Slurry and Mud is that the Slurry is a thin sloppy mud or cement or, in extended use, any fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid (usually water), often used as a convenient way of handling solids in bulk and Mud is a mixture of water and any combination of soil, silt, and clay.
Slurry
A slurry is a mixture of solids with specific gravity greater than 1 suspended in liquid, usually water. Most common use of slurry is as a mean of transportation of solids being the liquid a carrier that is pumped on a device like a centrifugal pump. The size of solid particles may vary from 1 micron up to hundreds of milliliters. The solids may settle at certain transport velocity and the mixture can behave as Newtonian or non-Newtonian fluid. Depending on the mixture the slurry may be abrasive and corrosive.
Mud
Mud is a liquid or semi-liquid mixture of water and any combination of different kinds of soil (loam, silt, and clay). It usually forms after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits harden over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mudstone (generally called lutites). When geological deposits of mud are formed in estuaries the resultant layers are termed bay muds.
Slurry (noun)
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
Slurry (noun)
Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
Slurry (noun)
A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
Slurry (noun)
A thickener.
Slurry (verb)
To make a slurry (of some material).
Slurry (verb)
To apply a slurry (to).
“Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.”
Slurry (adjective)
Slurred, tending to slur.
“He spoke with a slurry voice. — His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.”
Mud (noun)
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
Mud (noun)
A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
Mud (noun)
Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
Mud (noun)
Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
“The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.”
Mud (noun)
Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
Mud (noun)
stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex
Mud (noun)
A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Mud (noun)
A black person.
Mud (verb)
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
Mud (verb)
To make turbid.
Mud (verb)
To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
Slurry (noun)
a semi-liquid mixture, typically of fine particles of manure, cement, or coal suspended in water
“a slurry of ore and water”
“clay slurry”
Mud (noun)
a computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.