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Coconut vs Cocoa - What's the difference?

coconut | cocoa |

In uncountable terms the difference between coconut and cocoa

is that coconut is the edible white flesh of this fruit while cocoa is a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

As nouns the difference between coconut and cocoa

is that coconut is a fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed while cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

As an adjective cocoa is

of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

As a proper noun Cocoa is

an object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X.

coconut

English

(wikipedia coconut)

Alternative forms

* cocoanut

Noun

  • A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera , having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  • A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  • (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  • The coconut palm.
  • (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare .
  • (South Africa, pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare .
  • (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
  • (slang) A female breast.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (acting white) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * coconut milk * coconutty

    See also

    * (cultural pejoratives) banana, Oreo English ethnic slurs

    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 .
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