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Cabbage vs Bigos - What's the difference?

cabbage | bigos |

As nouns the difference between cabbage and bigos

is that cabbage is an edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves while bigos is a traditional polish stew containing cabbage and meat.

As a verb cabbage

is to form a head like that of the cabbage.

cabbage

English

(wikipedia cabbage)

Noun

  • An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
    • Cabbage is good for you.
  • (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
    • After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
  • * {{quote-book, title=, page=31,
    • by= ("Vishniovy sad"), passage=If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage ! Of course, a girl must know her place.}}
  • (uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  • (uncountable, slang) Money.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
  • The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
  • The cabbage palmetto.

    • Synonyms

    * (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetable

    Verb

    (cabbag)
  • To form a head like that of the cabbage.
  • To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

    Synonyms

    * (purloin) embezzle, pilfer, purloin, steal

    See also

    * brassica * broccoflower * broccoli * broccolini * Brussels sprouts * cabbage tree * cauliflower * Chinese cabbage * Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale * collard greens * kale * kohlrabi * sauerkraut * red cabbage

    bigos

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 27, author=Alex Witchel, title=A Stew With a Past and a Future, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I bombarded him with questions about his history with bigos . }}

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