Crumb vs Crumblet - What's the difference?
crumb | crumblet |
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
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*(Bible), (w) xvi. 21
*:desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
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*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs .
(lb) A bit, small amount.
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The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
*Old song
*:Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb , you'd best eat crust.
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
(lb) A nobody, worthless person.
(lb) A body louse.
To cover with crumbs.
To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
As nouns the difference between crumb and crumblet
is that crumb is a small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread) while crumblet is a small crumb.As a verb crumb
is to cover with crumbs.crumb
English
(wikipedia crumb)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (crumbled food) crumbling * (small amount) see also .Derived terms
* crumber * crumble * crumby, crummy * breadcrumbVerb
- to crumb bread