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Butterscotch vs Toffee - What's the difference?

butterscotch | toffee |

As nouns the difference between butterscotch and toffee

is that butterscotch is a hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla while toffee is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.

As an adjective butterscotch

is of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

butterscotch

English

(wikipedia butterscotch)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla
  • A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
  • Having the flavour of butterscotch.

    • See also

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    toffee

    English

    (wikipedia toffee)

    Alternative forms

    * taffy (mostly US ) * toffy

    Noun

  • (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
  • (countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
    • a box of toffees

    Derived terms

    * bonfire toffee * cinder toffee * English toffee * for toffee * honeycomb toffee * maple toffee * sponge toffee * toffee apple * toffee-brown * toffee-colored, toffee-coloured * toffee hammer * toffee-nose * toffee-nosed * toffee paper

    See also

    * butterscotch * caramel * fudge

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