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Currant vs Calamata - What's the difference?

currant | calamata |

As nouns the difference between currant and calamata

is that currant is a small dried grape, usually the black corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried while calamata is variant of kalamata olive, a small-fruited olive traditionally grown around , greece.

currant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried.
  • The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes , white, black or red.
  • A shrub bearing such fruit.

    • Derived terms

    * blackcurrant * redcurrant * whitecurrant

    See also

    * date * raisin * sultana ----

    calamata

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kalamata * Calamata * Kalamata

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Variant of kalamata olive, a small-fruited olive traditionally grown around , Greece.
  • A variety of currant from southern Greece.

    • References

    * Oxford English Dictionary draft entry, June 2006