Curdle vs Ern - What's the difference?
curdle | ern |
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
* 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
* 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
To run; flow.
To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
(obsolete) To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
To pain; torture.
(of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.
As a verb curdle
is (ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).As an initialism ern is
nakfa, the currency used in eritrea.curdle
English
Verb
(curdl)- Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
- "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
- It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'