What is the difference between pie and cake?
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A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
(Northeastern US) Pizza.
(figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
* It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. But when the pie is shrinking, social groups are more likely to turn on each other.'' — , ''[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html Why It’s Time to Worry] , Newsweek 2010-12-04
(letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
(cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
(pejorative) a gluttonous person.
A pie chart.
* 1986 , Carolyn Sorensen, ?Henry J. Stock, Department of Education Computer Graphics Guide (page 8)
(slang) The vulva.
* 1981 , William Kotzwinkle, Jack in the Box
* 2010 , W. A. Moltinghorne, Magnolia Park (page 238)
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
(historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, page 117:
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
A block of any of various dense materials.
* Dryden
(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake .
(slang) Money.
Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
To form into a cake, or mass.
In lang=en terms the difference between pie and cake
is that pie is the vulva while cake is money.In transitive terms the difference between pie and cake
is that pie is to go around (a corner) in a guarded manner while cake is coat (something) with a crust of solid material.As a proper noun PIE
is initialism of Proto-Indo-European|lang=en.pie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), unknown origin.Noun
- The family had steak and kidney pie''' for dinner and cherry '''pie for dessert.
- Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.
- Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.
- "Yeah, take it off!" "SHOW US YOUR PIE !" The brunette opened the catch on her G-string and let the sequinned cloth slip down, teasing them with it.
- Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie . Women, too, or so I've heard.
Derived terms
* apple pie * chicken pie * cottage pie * cream pie * cutie pie * easy as pie * have one's fingers in many pies * humble pie * meat pie * mince pie * mud pie * party pie * pie chart * pie floater * pie in the sky * pie-eater * pie-eyed * pie-faced * piehole * pieing * piemaker * piet * pork pie * pot pie * shepherd's pie * steak and kidney pie * sweet as pie * who ate all the piesSee also
* pastie * pastyVerb
(d)- I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pie, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* piebaldEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.
Anagrams
* English terms with unknown etymologies ----cake
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cake, from (etyl) , (l), and (l).Noun
- an oatmeal cake
- a johnnycake
- buckwheat cakes
- a cake of soap
- a cake of sand
- Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood.
Usage notes
* In British usage, a (term) is distinct from a (term); the former is generally hard but becomes soft when stale, whereas the latter is generally soft but becomes hard when stale.Derived terms
* a piece of cake * ague-cake * angel cake * angel food cake * ash-cake * ashcake * baked in the cake * Banbury cake * barm cake * Battenburg cake * batter-cake * battercake * beefcake * birthday cake * bridecake * bundt cake * cake bar * cake-bread * cake-eater * cake-fumbler * cakehole * cake-house * cakelet * cake-meal * cake mix * cake saffron * cake slice * cake tin * cake-urchin * cakes and ale * cakes and cheese * cakewalk * cakewalker * caking * caky * carcake * carrot cake * cattle-cake * cheesecake * cherry cake * chocolate cake * chocolate fudge cake * chocolate sponge cake * Christmas cake * coffee cake * coffeecake * corn-cake * cotton-cake * cream cake * cupcake * devil's food cake * Dundee cake * Eccles cake * every cake has its fellow * every cake has its make * every cake has its mate * fairy cake * fish cake * fishcake * flannel cake * friedcake * fruitcake * fudge cake * go like hot cakes * griddle-cake * have one's cake and eat it too * haver-cake * heart-cake * hoecake * Johnny cake * johnny cake * journey-cake * king cake * knead-cake * Land of Cakes * lardy cake * layer cake * linseed cake * Madeira cake * marble cake * nutcake * oatcake * oilcake * one's cake is dough * Pan-Cake * pancake * parliament-cake * pat-a-cake * patty-cake * plum-cake * pomfret-cake * Pontefract cake * pound cake * queencake * rape-cake * rice cake * rock cake * rose-cake * rout-cake * saffron cake * salt-cake * seed-cake * seedcake * sell like hot cakes * Shawnee cake * sheet cake * shortcake * simnel cake * singing cake * soul-cake * spice-cake * sponge cake * take the cake * teacake * tharf-cake * the cake is a lie * the icing on the cake * the national cake * tipsy cake * Twelfth-cake * Twelfth-night cake * upside-down cake * Victorian sponge cake * wedding cake * yellowcakeSynonyms
* (dessert) * (block) block * (easy task) see piece of cakeDescendants
* Dutch: (l), (l) (also (l), older also (l), (l)) * Faroese: (l) * German: (l) ** Serbo-Croatian: * Icelandic: (l) * Nauruan: (l) * Japanese: * Norwegian: (l) * Swedish: (l)See also
(attention) * biscuit * * brownie * bun * cruller * crumpet * dessert * donut * doughnut * * flapjack * frangipane * * gugelhupf * jumbal * koeksister * kruller * kuchen * kugelhopf * kugelhupf * ladyfinger * lamington * Linzertorte * madeleine * muffin * parkin * pastry * patisserie * petit four * pie * pikelet * pudding * rum baba * Sally Lunn * scone * sponge * Swiss roll * tart * torte * Victoria sponge * yumyumVerb
- His shoes are caked with mud.
