As nouns the difference between dessert and custard
is that dessert is a sweet confection served as the last course of a meal while custard is (uncountable) a type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
dessert
Noun
(
en noun)
A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
Synonyms
* (sweet final course of a meal) afters (UK informal ), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)
Anagrams
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custard
Noun
(uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
(countable) Any particular variety of custard.
Derived terms
* confectioner's custard
* custard apple
* custard arm
* custard brains
* custard Christian
* custard-chucker
* custard coffin
* custard cream
* custard cup
* custard-cups
* custard glass
* custard pie
* custard powder
* custard tart
* custard winds
* custardy
* egg custard
* frozen custard
* fruit custard
* love custard
* turn to custard
See also
* bavarois
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* cream puff
* floating islands
* trifle
* panna cotta, pannacotta
* vanilla slice
* vla
* zabaglione
