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Mousse vs Mousselike - What's the difference?

mousse | mousselike |

As a verb mousse

is .

As an adjective mousselike is

resembling or characteristic of mousse, especially in consistency.

mousse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse .
  • A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
  • A styling cream used for hair.
    • He slicked his hair back with mousse , but the cowlick still stuck up.

    Verb

    (mouss)
  • To apply mousse (styling cream).
    • He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

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    mousselike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of mousse, especially in consistency.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 21, author=Amanda Hesser, title=Strawberry Charlotte, 1947, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Attributed to Carême, the well-known 19th-century chef, mousselike charlottes were held together with gelatin and often set in molds lined with ladyfingers. }}