Clove vs Cinnamon - What's the difference?
clove | cinnamon |
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(label) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
* 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169:
(cleave)
(label) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
(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 .
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
Of a yellowish-brown colour.
In countable terms the difference between clove and cinnamon
is that clove is an old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone while cinnamon is a yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon.As nouns the difference between clove and cinnamon
is that clove is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree while cinnamon is a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or species: Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.As a verb clove
is simple past of cleave.As an adjective cinnamon is
containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.clove
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Etymology 1
An alteration of (etyl) (m), from the first component of (etyl) . (wikipedia clove)Noun
- Seven pounds make a clove', 2 '''cloves''' a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word '''cloves ; it calls them ' ''claves'' or ''nails .' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.
