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Conch vs Abalone - What's the difference?

conch | abalone |

As nouns the difference between conch and abalone

is that conch is a marine gastropod of the family family: Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell while abalone is an edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

As a verb conch

is to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

conch

English

Alternative forms

* conk

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A marine gastropod of the family which lives in its own spiral shell.
  • The shell of this sea animal.
  • A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
  • A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to develop the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding; a concher or concher machine.

    • Verb

  • To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
  • To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

    • abalone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * avalone (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
  • (US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.

    • Synonyms

    * (UK) ear-shell, (Guernsey) ormer, (New Zealand) paua, pawa, (South Africa) perlemoen

    See also

    * paua

    References

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