Congee vs. Gruel: What's the Difference?

Congee and Gruel Definitions
Congee
Variant of congé.
Gruel
A thin watery porridge.
Congee
A traditional Asian rice porridge.
Gruel
Chiefly British Severe punishment.
Congee
Formal or authoritative permission to depart.
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Gruel
A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
Congee
An abrupt dismissal.
Gruel
Punishment
Congee
A leave-taking.
Gruel
Something that lacks substance
Thin gruel
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Congee
A formal bow.
Gruel
Sentimental poetry
Congee
(Architecture) A concave molding.
Gruel
Semen
Congee
Leave, formal permission for some action, :
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Gruel
(transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable
Congee
(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
Gruel
(transitive) to punish en
Congee
(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; originally & particularly humorously ironic abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
Gruel
Ejaculate
Congee
(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
Gruel
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.
Congee
A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
Gruel
A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
Congee
(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
Congee
A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
Congee
(archaic) To give congee, particularly
Congee
To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
Congee
To give formal permission to do something; to license.
Congee
(archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
Congee
(archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
Congee
See Congé, Conge.
And unto her his congee came to take.
Congee
Boiled rice; rice gruel.
Congee
A jail; a lockup.
Congee
A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
Congee
Depart after obtaining formal permission;
He has congeed with the King
Congee
Perform a ceremonious bow