Malt vs Molt - What's the difference?
malt | molt |
grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
* 1896 , , A Shropshire Lad , LXII:
(US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer.
To shed in such a manner.
The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of ing.
As nouns the difference between malt and molt
is that malt is malted grain sprouted grain (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise while molt is the process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.As verbs the difference between malt and molt
is that malt is to convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain while molt is to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer.malt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Oh many a peer of England brews
- Livelier liquor than the Muse,
- And malt does more than Milton can
- To justify God's ways to man.
Derived terms
* maltose * malty * malt liquor * single malt * double malt * triple maltVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----molt
English
Alternative forms
* moult (British English )Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- Some birds change colour during their winter molt .
