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Cinnamon vs Prostitution - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between cinnamon and prostitution

is that cinnamon is a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or species: Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae while prostitution is engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.

As an adjective cinnamon

is containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

cinnamon

English

(wikipedia cinnamon)

Noun

  • (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or , belonging to the family Lauraceae.
  • Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon ( or Cinnamomum cassia ).
  • (uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. The product made of Cinnamomum verum is sometimes referred to as (true cinnamon).
  • (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon .

    • Derived terms

    * cinnamic acid * cinnamon bear * cinnamon fern * cinnamon stick * cinnamon stone * oil of cinnamon * wild cinnamon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  • Of a yellowish-brown colour.

    • See also

    * cassia * essonite, hessonite * five-spice powder * red-hot * Saigon cinnamon *

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    Anagrams

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    prostitution

    English

    (wikipedia prostitution)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-07-29 , author =David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller & Bill Trott (editing for Reuters) , title = FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep , site = news.yahoo.com , url = http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-says-arrested-150-three-days-child-prostitution-154521080.html , accessdate = 2013-07-29 }}
    The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
    Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
  • (by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
    • The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

    Synonyms

    * harlotry * oldest profession, world's oldest profession * whoredom

    Related terms

    * prostitute * child prostitution