Pudding vs Padding - What's the difference?
pudding | padding |
(originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
* 2004 , Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet ,
* 2004 , Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices ,
A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
* 2007 , Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook ,
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
(slang) An overweight person.
(slang) Entrails.
(obsolete) Any food or victuals.
* Prior
Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
(computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
(military) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or lengthJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006). .
As nouns the difference between pudding and padding
is that pudding is a sausage made primarily from blood while padding is soft filling material used in cushions etc.As a verb padding is
present participle of lang=en.pudding
English
(wikipedia pudding)Noun
(en noun)page 313,
- The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings', including a few surprises like a chèvre popover '''pudding''' and a bread ' pudding with lettuce and cheese.
page 199,
- Steamed and boiled puddings' have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early ' puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.
page 265,
- Steamed puddings , a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.
- We have apple pie for pudding today.
- Eat your pudding , slave, and hold your tongue.