Icing vs Topping - What's the difference?
icing | topping |
A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
(ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
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(UK, informal, dated) wonderful
* 1953 , Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxley
(archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.
* South
any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza
The act of cutting off the top of something.
(nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
As nouns the difference between icing and topping
is that icing is a sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting while topping is any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.As verbs the difference between icing and topping
is that icing is present participle of lang=en while topping is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective topping is
wonderful.icing
English
Etymology 1
Gerund of the verb . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* butter icing * water icingEtymology 2
From the verb .Verb
(head)topping
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 'Well,' he said, settling back in the seat directly opposite. 'It's a topping day.'
- The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.