Butterscotch vs Toffee - What's the difference?
butterscotch | toffee |
A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla
A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
Having the flavour of butterscotch.
(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
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)Adjective
(-)See also
*toffee
English
(wikipedia toffee)Alternative forms
* taffy (mostly US ) * toffyNoun
- a box of toffees