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Nectar vs Ambrosia - What's the difference?

nectar | ambrosia |

As nouns the difference between nectar and ambrosia

is that nectar is the drink of the gods while ambrosia is the food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

nectar

English

(wikipedia nectar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
  • (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
  • (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

    • Related terms

    * nectarine * nectarous * nectary

    See also

    * ambrosia * pollen

    References

    [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nectar&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    ambrosia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ambrosia) (-)
  • (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
  • Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
  • A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

    • Derived terms

    * ambrosia beetle

    See also

    * manna * mead * nectar ----