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Peanuts vs Popcorn - What's the difference?

peanuts | popcorn |

As nouns the difference between peanuts and popcorn

is that peanuts is plural of lang=en while popcorn is a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating.

As a verb popcorn is

to stand up or jump up quickly.

peanuts

English

Noun

(head)
  • A very small or insufficient amount (especially of a salary).
    • It's a fun job, but it pays peanuts .

    See also

    * bananas analogy to monkey instead of elephant * beans (not worth a hill of beans) * goober peas

    popcorn

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pop-corn, popped corn

    Noun

  • (chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating.
  • (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  • * 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
    • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns , five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

    Derived terms

    * popcorn movie

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to stand up or jump up quickly

    • See also

    * brownie * cake * candy cane * chip, potato chip / potato crisp * Cracker Jack * donut / doughnut * ice cream * jelly roll, Swiss roll * pretzel ----