As nouns the difference between chocolate and banan
is that chocolate is a food made from ground roasted cocoa beans while banan is banana.
As an adjective chocolate
is made of or containing chocolate.
chocolate
Noun
(uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
- Chocolate is a very popular treat.
(uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
- He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
- As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .
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Derived terms
* bar of chocolate
* choc
* choccy
* chocoholic
* chocolate-box
* chocolate chip
* chocolate leather
* chocolate phosphate
* chocolate plastic
* chocolate tree
* chocolatey, chocolaty
* compound chocolate
* dark chocolate
* hot chocolate
* milk chocolate
* modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate
* plain chocolate
* white chocolate
Related terms
* chocolatier
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Made of or containing chocolate.
Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
See also
* black bottom pie
* Black Forest gateau
* brownie
* cacao
* carob
* cocoa bean
* cocoa butter
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* devil's food cake
* ganache
* lamington
* marquise
* mocha
* mochaccino
* mole
* Nanaimo bar
* praline
* sacher torte
* tollhouse cookie
* truffle
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References
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* 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75.
* 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.
