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Bakery vs Pastry - What's the difference?

bakery | pastry |

As nouns the difference between bakery and pastry

is that bakery is a shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold while pastry is a baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

bakery

English

Noun

(bakeries)
  • A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
  • The trade of a baker.

    • Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * bake * baker

    pastry

    English

    (wikipedia pastry)

    Noun

    (pastries)
  • A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
  • (label) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
  • (label) The place where pastry is made.
  • * 1591 , , IV. iv. 2:
    • They call for dates and quinces in the pastry .

    Derived terms

    * pastry flour

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