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Jell vs Curdle - What's the difference?

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Jell is a related term of curdle.


As verbs the difference between jell and curdle

is that jell is to gel while curdle is (ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).

As a noun jell

is a jelly or gel.

jell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a jelly or gel

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gel
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    curdle

    English

    Verb

    (curdl)
  • (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
    • Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
  • (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  • * 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
    • "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
  • To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
  • * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
    • It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'

    Derived terms

    * curdled

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