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Babushka vs Babka - What's the difference?

babushka | babka |

As nouns the difference between babushka and babka

is that babushka is an old woman while babka is puppet.

babushka

English

(wikipedia babushka)

Alternative forms

* babooshka, baboushka

Noun

(en noun)
  • An old woman.
  • A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 78:
  • *:The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].
  • Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation )

    • babka

    English

    (wikipedia babka)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins