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Greed vs Gluten - What's the difference?

greed | gluten |

As nouns the difference between greed and gluten

is that greed is a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions while gluten is fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

greed

English

Noun

  • A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
    • His greed was his undoing.
    What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.

    Synonyms

    * (selfish desire for more than is needed) avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity * See also * (desire for food) gluttony

    Derived terms

    * greedily * greediness * greedy

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    gluten

    English

    (wikipedia gluten)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
  • The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
    • Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
  • (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
    • Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.

    Derived terms

    * gluten bread * gluten casein * gluten fibrin * gluten-free * glutinous

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