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Broth vs Stoke - What's the difference?

broth | stoke |

As nouns the difference between broth and stoke

is that broth is water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled while stoke is misspelling of lang=en A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre.

As a verb stoke is

to poke, pierce, thrust.

As a proper noun Stoke is

stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.

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

    See also

    * dashi * souse * stock

    Anagrams

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    stoke

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).

    Verb

    (stok)
  • To poke, pierce, thrust.
  • Etymology 2

    From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.

    Verb

    (stok)
  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
  • To stick; to thrust; to stab.
  • * Chaucer
  • Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.
    Derived terms
    * stokehole

    Etymology 3

    (wikipedia stoke) Misconstruction of stokes

    Noun

    (head)
  • (physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
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