Digestive vs Shortbread - What's the difference?
digestive | shortbread |
Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
That causes or promotes digestion.
* Herman Melville, Omoo
A substance that aids digestion.
(UK, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.
A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour
As nouns the difference between digestive and shortbread
is that digestive is a substance that aids digestion while shortbread is a type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.As an adjective digestive
is of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.digestive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.
Noun
(en noun)- I bought a packet of chocolate digestives .
