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Fruitcake vs Stollen - What's the difference?

fruitcake | stollen |

As nouns the difference between fruitcake and stollen

is that fruitcake is a cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice while stollen is a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.

fruitcake

English

(wikipedia fruitcake)

Alternative forms

* fruit-cake * fruit cake

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
  • (chiefly, US, and, Canada, colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
  • * 1952 , Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadly , p 7:
    • Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake .
  • (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A male homosexual.

    • stollen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.

    • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with “stolen”.

    See also

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