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Broth vs Concoction - What's the difference?

broth | concoction |

As nouns the difference between broth and concoction

is that broth is (uncountable) water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled while concoction is (obsolete) digestion (of food etc).

broth

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
  • (countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

    • Synonyms

    * (Liquid in which food has been boiled) bouillon, stock, liquor, pot liquor

    Derived terms

    * Scotch broth * too many cooks spoil the broth

    Related terms

    * barley-bree * brewis * brose * court bouillon * juice * supper

    See also

    * dashi * souse * stock

    Anagrams

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    concoction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:
    • [Sorrow] hinders concoction , refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […].
  • The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
  • A mixture prepared in such a way.
  • Something made-up, an invention.
  • (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
    • (John Donne)
  • (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
  • (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
    • (Francis Bacon)