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Dumpling vs Rivel - What's the difference?

dumpling | rivel |

As nouns the difference between dumpling and rivel

is that dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough while rivel is a wrinkle; a rimple.

As a verb rivel is

to shrivel, wrinkle (up).

dumpling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
  • A term of endearment.
    • My little dumpling.

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

    * apple dumpling * clootie dumpling * dumpling squid * Norfolk dumpling * * potato dumpling * raspberry dumpling * rice dumpling * soup dumpling

    See also

    * dim sum * noodle * pudding * quenelle

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    rivel

    English

    Verb

    (rivell)
  • To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
  • To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
    • they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
    • (Holland)
  • (US) A kind of dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup.

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