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Chocolate vs Nuts - What's the difference?

chocolate | nuts |

As verbs the difference between chocolate and nuts

is that chocolate is while nuts is (nut).

As adjectives the difference between chocolate and nuts

is that chocolate is chocolate (attributive) while nuts is (colloquial) insane, mad.

As a noun nuts is

.

As an interjection nuts is

indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.

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 .

    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

    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 * * 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.

    nuts

    English

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • (vulgar, slang) Testicles.
  • Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
  • (poker) A hand that can be proven unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Insane, mad.
  • After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts .
  • (colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
  • I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
    The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts .

    Synonyms

    * nutty * See also

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
  • Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
  • Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it,'' ''no way,'' or ''nothing doing .
  • Usage notes

    * The association with testicles (See .) adds an intensifying effect to the anger or rejection. * Use of "Nuts" rather than another form of "No" is often intentionally insulting.

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