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Madeira vs Sherry - What's the difference?

madeira | sherry |

As proper nouns the difference between madeira and sherry

is that madeira is island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal while Sherry is {{given name|female|from=English}}, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.

As nouns the difference between madeira and sherry

is that madeira is a type of fortified wine produced on that island while sherry is a fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

madeira

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

    • Derived terms

    * Madeira cake/madeira cake * Madeiran * maderize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of fortified wine produced on that island.

    • sherry

    English

    (wikipedia sherry)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
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  • A variety of sherry.
    • They produce several quality sherries .
  • A glass of sherry.
    • Would you like a sherry ?

    See also

    * amontillado ----