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Yeast vs Levain - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between yeast and levain

is that yeast is an often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines while levain is sourdough.

As a verb yeast

is to ferment.