Soap vs. Shampoo

(uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically

Example: ‘I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.’;

(chemistry) a metallic salt derived from a fatty acid

a flattery or excessively complacent conversation

(slang) money, specially when used for bribing purposes

A soap opera.

(transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

Example: ‘Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.’;

To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.

Example: ‘Those kids soaped my windows!’;

To be discreet about (a topic).

To flatter; to wheedle.

A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.

Example: ‘The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it.’; ‘This soap bubble of the metaphysicians.’;

To rub or wash over with soap.

To flatter; to wheedle.

a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

money offered as a bribe

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

Soap is a salt of a fatty acid used in a variety of cleansing and lubricating products. In a domestic setting, soaps are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping.

A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

Example: ‘I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.’;

Champagne wine.

(intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.

Example: ‘My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.’;

(transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.

(transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.

The act of shampooing.

cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair

the act of washing your hair with shampoo

use shampoo on (hair)

Shampoo () is a hair care product, typically in the form of a viscous liquid, that is used for cleaning hair. Less commonly, shampoo is available in bar form, like a bar of soap.