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Molasses vs Affination - What's the difference?

molasses | affination |

As nouns the difference between molasses and affination

is that molasses is a thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar or molasses can be while affination is part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup.

molasses

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) '' compare Spanish ''melaza'', from ''mellaceus'' "honeylike", "honey-sweet", from (etyl) ''mel'', ''mellis'', "honey". See ''mellifluous'' and compare ''melasses .

Noun

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  • A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.
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    Synonyms
    * long sweetening, treacle
    Derived terms
    * slow as molasses in January

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)

    • References

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    affination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup