Milk vs Soap - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
# The lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, and including the addition of limited amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, and other carriers or flavoring ingredients identified as safe and suitable.
(countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
(uncountable) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as soy beans, coconuts, almonds, rice, oats. Also called non-dairy milk .
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
(uncountable, slang) semen
To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
* Shakespeare
To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
To express any liquid (from any creature).
(figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to take advantage of (a situation).
* London Spectator
(uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made
(chemistry) a metallic
a conversation
(slang) purposes
(countable, informal)
(countable, informal)
To apply soap to in washing.
(informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
(informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
(slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.
In uncountable terms the difference between milk and soap
is that milk is a white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as soy beans, coconuts, almonds, rice, oats. Also called non-dairy milk while soap is a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made {{l/en|synthetically}.In countable informal terms the difference between milk and soap
is that milk is an individual serving of milk while soap is short of lang=en.In transitive terms the difference between milk and soap
is that milk is to express any liquid (from any creature) while soap is to apply soap to in washing.As an acronym SOAP is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . (Cognates) Cognate with (etyl) .Noun
- Table three ordered three milks'''.'' (Formally: ''The guests at table three ordered three glasses of '''milk . )
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Quotations
* 2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition , National Public Radio *: there's going to be that much less milk' available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid ' milk or whether it's cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.Derived terms
* almond milk * breast milk * chocolate milk * coconut milk * condensed milk * cowmilk, cow milk * evaporated milk * flavored milk, flavoured milk * homogenized milk * milkaholic * milk bar * milk bottle * milk chocolate * milk fever * milk float * milkmaid * milkman * milk of magnesia * milk pan * milk powder * milk product * milkshake * milk tooth * milky * Milky Way * nut milk * oat milk * rice milk * semi-skimmed milk * skimmed milk, skim milk * soy milk * whole milkReferences
*FDA standard of identity for "milk".
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- The farmer milked his cows.
- I have given suck, and know / How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me.
- to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
- When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
- They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.
soap
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
- I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
References
*The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries
Derived terms
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* body wash * shampoo * shower gel * washballVerb
(en verb)- Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
- Those kids soaped my windows!