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Jell vs Jello - What's the difference?

jell | jello |

As verbs the difference between jell and jello

is that jell is to gel while jello is to work, be occupied with.

As a noun jell

is a jelly or gel.

jell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a jelly or gel

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gel
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , date = 2008-12-05 , first = Elizabeth , last = Pennisi , title = Hopping to a Better Protein , journal = , doi = 10.1126/science.322.5907.1454 , issn = 0036-8075 , url = http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5907/1454.full , passage = A lot of things are jelling , says Hoffman. }}

    jello

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Jell-O * Jello

    Noun

    (-)
  • A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water
  • * 1940 , , 2004 Houghton Mifflin ed., ISBN 0618526412, page 306,
    • The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
  • * 2002 , Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own , ISBN 1589391306, page 159,
    • Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
  • * 2006 , Xana, Harvest Moon , AuthorHouse, ISBN 142593000X, page 178,
    • She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

    Synonyms

    * jelly English genericized trademarks