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Kefir vs Keir - What's the difference?

kefir | keir |

As nouns the difference between kefir and keir

is that kefir is kefir (fermented milk drink from the caucasus and eastern europe) while keir is .

kefir

English

Noun

(-)
  • A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquid.

    • Derived terms

    * kefiran

    See also

    * kafir ----

    keir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1902 , , Sessional Papers , Volume 34, Part 2, page 7,
    • The keirs , becks, washing machines, etc., are placed sufficiently low to allow of being fed from the water supply by gravitation, and the outlets placed just sufficiently high to reach the water line of the river a little above its normal flow.
  • * 1919 , Society of Dyers and Colourists, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists , Volume 35, page 35,
    • Also fine clothes require longer treatment in the keir in order to secure good penetration by the chemie.
  • * 1975 , Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport , page 31,
    • The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.