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Porridge vs Grits - What's the difference?

porridge | grits |

As nouns the difference between grits and porridge

is that grits is plural of lang=en ('hulled oats' while porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

As a verb grits

is third-person singular of grit.

As a proper noun Grits

is the Liberal Party of Canada.

porridge

English

(wikipedia porridge)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
  • A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
    • Eat your porridge while it's hot!
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  • (British slang) A prison sentence.
    • Just do your porridge and keep your head down.

    See also

    * gruel * oatmeal

    grits

    English

    Etymology 1

    See

    Noun

    (head)
  • ('hulled oats')
  • (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
    • Usage notes
    * (term) usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.
    Related terms
    * nitty-gritty * gruel * grout
    See also
    * ("grits" on Wikipedia) * cornmeal * polenta

    Etymology 2

    See (grit) (Etymology 1)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (grit)

    • Anagrams

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