Question: what is the difference between mucus and slime?
Answer: is that mucus is (physiology) a slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes while slime is soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.