Chocolate vs Food - What's the difference?
chocolate | food |
(uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
(uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
(uncountable) Any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
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, title= (countable) A foodstuff.
(uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
* (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Shakespeare)
* (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Wordsworth)
As a verb chocolate
is .As an adjective chocolate
is chocolate (attributive).As a noun food is
(uncountable) any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.chocolate
English
(wikipedia chocolate)Noun
- Chocolate is a very popular treat.
- He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
- As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .
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 chocolateSee also
* black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *References
* * 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.food
English
Noun
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Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
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- Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
- This may prove food to my displeasure.
- In this moment there is life and food / For future years.
