Condiment vs Baste - What's the difference?
condiment | baste |
As nouns the difference between condiment and baste is that condiment is something used to enhance the flavor of food; for example, salt or pepper while baste is .
condiment English
Noun
( en noun)
Something used to enhance the flavor of food; for example, salt or pepper.
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Derived terms
* non-brewed condiment
Hyponyms
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baste English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb
(bast)
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader citation
, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}
Etymology 2
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Verb
(bast)
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
(by extension) To coat over something
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader citation
, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence
(etyl) ). Compare also
(etyl) and
(etyl)
Verb
( bast)
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
* Samuel Pepys
- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
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