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Cocoa vs Chestnut - What's the difference?

cocoa | chestnut |

As a proper noun cocoa

is (computing) an object-oriented programming api for mac os x.

As a noun chestnut is

a tree or shrub of the genus castanea .

As an adjective chestnut is

of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

cocoa

English

Etymology 1

of (etyl) (m).

Noun

(wikipedia cocoa)
  • (label) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
  • (label) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  • (label) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
  • (label) a cup or mug of this drink
  • (label) a light to medium brown colour
    • Quotations
    ``A Food Lover's Companion'' by Evan Jones (Harper & Row, 1979) includes this poem by Stanley J. Sharpless: : Half past nine - high time for supper; : ``Cocoa , love? ``Of course, my dear. : Helen thinks it quite delicious, : John prefers it now to beer.... : For they've stumbled on the secret : Of a love that never wanes, : Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes, : Cocoa coursing through their veins.
    Synonyms
    * (hot drink) chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
    Derived terms
    {{der3, cocoa bean , cocoa butter , cocoa-payol , cocoa powder}}
    Related terms
    * cacao

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder

    • See also

    * English terms derived from Portuguese

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

  • (label) Another spelling of .
    • ----

    chestnut

    English

    Noun

  • A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea .
  • The nut of this tree or shrub.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
  • A reddish-brown horse.
  • (uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
  • (idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
  • A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
  • (UK) horse-chestnut

    • Synonyms

    * (tree) chestnut tree

    Derived terms

    * American chestnut * chestnut blight * chestnut oak * chestnut tree * dwarf chestnut * horse chestnut * Moreton Bay chestnut * pull chestnuts out of the fire * Spanish chestnut * sweet chestnut * water chestnut

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

    • Related terms

    * castanet

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * black bean * buckeye * caltrop * chinquapin * chinquapin oak * conker * maroon * water caltrop *