Biscuit vs Pastry - What's the difference?
biscuit | pastry |
(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.
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.
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As nouns the difference between biscuit and pastry
is that biscuit is (lb) a cookie 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.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 ----pastry
English
(wikipedia pastry)Noun
(pastries)- They call for dates and quinces in the pastry .