Muffin vs Biscuit - What's the difference?
muffin | biscuit |
As nouns the difference between muffin and biscuit is that muffin is muffin (individual cake) while biscuit is ( lb) a cookie.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
muffin English
Noun
( en noun)
(British) a type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten
(US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.
(especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.
(computing) a mechanism used in the analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine
(slang) a term of endearment
(sexual slang) a vulva
(baseball, slang) a less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball
(slang) a charming, attractive young man
Quotations
computing term
* 2001': The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "'''muffins ." — ''JNLP and Java Web Start , Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 2001.
the vulva
* 1989': I wanna be stuffin’ Martha’s '''muffin !!!, — Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper ''Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin .
Synonyms
* (flattish bun''): English muffin (''US )
Derived terms
* English muffin
* muffin cap
* muffin top
* muffin-warm
* muffiny
* stud muffin
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biscuit Noun
( en noun)
(lb) A cookie .
(UK) A cracker.
- cheese and biscuits
(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.
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(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.
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 joint
Derived 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 biscuit
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