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Cheesecake vs Fruitcake - What's the difference?

cheesecake | fruitcake |

As nouns the difference between cheesecake and fruitcake

is that cheesecake is (countable|and|uncountable) a pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base while fruitcake is a cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

cheesecake

English

(wikipedia cheesecake)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable, and, uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
    • Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.
  • (uncountable) Imagery of one or more scantily clad, sexually attractive persons, especially young women; pin-ups.
    • Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

    Derived terms

    * no-bake cheesecake

    See also

    * beefcake ----

    fruitcake

    English

    (wikipedia fruitcake)

    Alternative forms

    * fruit-cake * fruit cake

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
  • (chiefly, US, and, Canada, colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
  • * 1952 , Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadly , p 7:
    • Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake .
  • (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A male homosexual.