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Cheerio vs Sausage - What's the difference?

cheerio | sausage |

As nouns the difference between cheerio and sausage

is that cheerio is an individual piece of the breakfast cereal, cheerios while sausage is a food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a cylindrical casing; a length of this food.

cheerio

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (British, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, informal) a greeting or parting
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year = 1921 , title = (Indiscretions of Archie) , first = P. G. , last = Wodehouse , authorlink = P. G. Wodehouse , section = ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy , passage = "In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio , good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!" }}

    Synonyms

    * (greeting) hello * (parting) goodbye

    Usage notes

    Rarely used in North America. Although likely to be understood, it is likely to be considered humorous, and may be used in a parody of British English speakers.

    Noun

    (s)
  • (NZ, AU) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a little boy.
  • * 1978 , New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (page 4230)
  • The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.

    sausage

    English

    Noun

  • A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a cylindrical casing; a length of this food.
  • A sausage-shaped thing.
  • (slang) Penis.
  • A term of endearment.
  • my little sausage
    Silly sausage .
  • A saucisse.
  • (Wilhelm)

    Derived terms

    * blood sausage * Cumberland sausage * farmer's sausage * garlic sausage * hot dog sausage * lamb sausage * liver sausage * play hide the sausage * Polish sausage * sausage dog * sausage fest * sausage meat * sausage party * sausage roll * sausage tree * sausage meat * Vienna sausage

    See also

    * allantois * andouille * baloney * banger * black pudding * blood pudding * boerewors * boerie * bologna * boudin * bratwurst * Braunschweiger * cervelat * chipolata * chorizo * cocktail frank * cocktail frankfurt * cocktail sav * cocktail savaloy * cocktail wiener * frank * frankfurt * frankfurter * haggis * kielbasa * kishka, kishke * knackwurst * knockwurst * kubasa * linguica * liverwurst * merguez * mortadella * pepperoni * polony * Portuguese sausage * pudding * salami * sav * saveloy * smokie * snag * toad-in-the-hole * white pudding * wiener * wienerwurst * wurst

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