Biscuit vs Florentine - What's the difference?
biscuit | florentine |
(lb) A cookie .
(UK) A cracker.
(chiefly, North America) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
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(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
A light brown colour.
(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
Cooked or served with spinach.
A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
(obsolete) A kind of silk.
(obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
As nouns the difference between biscuit and florentine
is that biscuit is (lb) a cookie while florentine is a biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.As a adjective florentine is
cooked or served with spinach.biscuit
English
(wikipedia biscuit)Noun
(en noun)- cheese and biscuits
Quotations
(English Citations of "biscuit")Usage notes
* In British usage, a (term) is distinct from a (term); the former is generally hard but becomes soft when stale, whereas the latter is generally soft but becomes hard when stale.Coordinate terms
* (woodworking) dowel, glue strip, spline, finger jointDerived terms
* Anzac biscuit * bickie * biscotto * biscuit firing * biscuit ware * bisque * bite the biscuit * digestive biscuit * dog biscuit * ratafia biscuit * sea biscuit * ship biscuit * soda biscuit * take the biscuit * water biscuitSee also
* cookie * cracknel * hardtack * macaroon * pilot bread * soda cracker * English words with different meanings in different locations ----florentine
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
- Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines .
