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Dough vs Mixture - What's the difference?

dough | mixture |

As nouns the difference between dough and mixture

is that dough is a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked while mixture is the act of mixing.

As a verb dough

is to make into dough.

dough

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
    • Pizza dough is very stretchy.
  • (slang) Money.
    • His mortgage payments left him short on dough .

    Derived terms

    * doughboy * doughnut * doughy * rolling in dough

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into dough.
    • The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

    Derived terms

    *

    mixture

    English

    (wikipedia mixture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of mixing.
    • The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
  • Something produced by mixing.
    • An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
  • Something that consists of diverse elements
    • The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
  • A medicinal compound
    • A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

    Derived terms

    * cough mixture

    Related terms

    * mix * mixer

    External links

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