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Buttery vs Spence - What's the difference?

buttery | spence |

As nouns the difference between buttery and spence

is that buttery is a room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom while spence is a buttery or pantry.

As an adjective buttery

is made with or tasting of butter.

As a proper noun Spence is

short form of the male given name Spencer.

buttery

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) boterie, from . The form was probably influenced by butter.

Noun

(butteries)
  • A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 458:
    • Pretty Pia from the buttery was a slut who was working her way through every knight in the castle.
  • (UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Made with or tasting of butter.
    • The buttery -tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
  • Resembling butter in some way.
    • The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
    Derived terms
    * butteriness

    spence

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Short form of the male given name Spencer.
    • English diminutives of male given names