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Dessert vs Poi - What's the difference?

dessert | poi |

As nouns the difference between dessert and poi

is that dessert is a sweet confection served as the last course of a meal while poi is a national food of the hawaiians, made by baking]] and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and [[reduce|reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.

dessert

English

(wikipedia 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

    * ----

    poi

    English

    (wikipedia poi)

    Noun

    (po)
  • A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking]] and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and [[reduce, reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
  • A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
  • A style of performance art originating in New Zealand Maori culture.
  • The equipment used in such a performance, typically a pair of short cords with a soft cloth ball at one end of each piece. Similar items, of different construction, are used in a more modern style of fire poi.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Hawaiian ----