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Lees vs Dregs - What's the difference?

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Dregs is a synonym of lees.



As nouns the difference between lees and dregs

is that lees is the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit while dregs is (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

lees

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960
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    Synonyms

    * (sediment) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (sailing) English plurals

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dregs

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (collectively ) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  • (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
    • the dregs of society

    Usage notes

    * The singular form dreg is far less common, but the phrase to the last dreg still has currency.

    Synonyms

    * debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence, grounds, grouts, lees, orts, rabble, refuse, residue, residuum, riffraff, rubbish, scum, sediment, settling, trash, loser, outcast