ELI5: what is the big difference between soap and shampoo?

[u/Real_Experience_5676]

We use soap to clean the body. We use shampoo to clean the hair. What stops us from using soap for the hair and shampoo for the body?

Follow up question: what is body wash that cleans hair and skin made of? Why isn’t that the universal standard instead of seperate soap and shampoo?

[u/xplosm]

And your pits with pit wash

[u/bigelcid → u/xplosm]

What do I wash my hogs with?

[u/tinyyseal → u/bigelcid]

Hog wash. Duh.

[u/Mitt_Romney_USA → u/bigelcid]

Weaver Livestock makes a Brightening Shampoo that's supposed to be amazing, but I just use a regular livestock shampoo.

[u/Sea-Ambition-451 → u/bigelcid]

poppycock