Herb vs Curry - What's the difference?
herb | curry |
Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food.
Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
(slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
(botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
(obsolete) Grass; herbage.
* Milton
One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.
Curry powder
To cook or season with curry powder.
(label) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)
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, title= (label) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
(label) To beat, thrash; to drub.
* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)
* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by , part 1,
(label) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
(computing) To perform currying upon.
(obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily.
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(obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
* 1608 , George Chapman, The Conspiracie, and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron 2.245
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
(obsolete) To hurry.
* 1676 , Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke 34
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Herb is a see also of curry.
As nouns the difference between herb and curry
is that herb is any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food while curry is one of a family of dishes originating from south asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.As a verb curry is
to cook or season with curry powder or curry can be to groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb or curry can be (computing) to perform currying upon or curry can be (obsolete) to scurry; to ride or run hastily.herb
English
(wikipedia herb)Noun
(en noun)- flocks grazing the tender herb
Synonyms
* (marijuana) grass, weedHyponyms
* See alsoAnagrams
* ----curry
English
(wikipedia curry)Etymology 1
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English(Hannah Glasse), Glasse’s , 1747), from (etyl) . Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook (Forme of Cury) (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of (Richard II of England).Noun
(curries)Synonyms
* (dish) Ruby Murray (rhyming slang) * (curry powder) curry powderDerived terms
* curry leaf * curry paste * curry powder * currywurst * give someone currySee also
* piccalilli (Related Indian dishes) * balti * bhaji * bhuna * biryani * chilli * chutney * dhansak * dopiaza * garam masala * herb * jalfresi * karahi * korma * madras * makhani, makhonee * moghlai * naan * pakora * papadum, poppadum * paratha * pasanda * phall * roghan josh * samosa * spice * tandoor * tandoori * tikka masala * vindalooVerb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) currayen, from (etyl) correer 'to prepare', presumably from Vulgar (etyl) conredare, from com- (a form of con- 'together') + some Germanic base verbVerb
- Your short horse is soon curried .
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- I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
- By setting brother against brother / To claw and curry one another.
Usage notes
The sense "To win or gain favour" is most frequently used in the phrases "to curry favour (with)" and "to curry [someone's] favour",Derived terms
* curry favorEtymology 3
From , a computer scientistVerb
Etymology 4
Possibly derived from currier , a common 16-18th century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.Verb
- I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.
- All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.
- A sermon is soon curryed over.
