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Cucumber vs Marshmallow - What's the difference?

cucumber | marshmallow |

As nouns the difference between cucumber and marshmallow

is that cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus while marshmallow is marshmallow (confectionery).

cucumber

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
  • Synonyms

    * cuke (informal)

    Derived terms

    * Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumber

    See also

    * courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini

    marshmallow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * marsh mallow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of mallow,
  • * 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 180:
  • Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches.
  • A type of confectionery consisting of sugar or corn syrup, beaten egg whites, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic and flavorings, whipped to a spongy consistency.
  • * (rfdate) Love, Life and Work :
  • The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked marshmallow proclivities.
  • * (rfdate) PH Wodehouse, A Wodehouse Miscellany :
  • It was an apple marshmallow sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling.
  • (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.
  • He acts like a total badass, but he's really just a marshmallow once you get to know him.