Pottage vs Porridge - What's the difference?
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A thick soup or stew.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 328:
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.
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(British slang) A prison sentence.
As nouns the difference between pottage and porridge
is that pottage is a thick soup or stew while porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.pottage
English
Noun
(en noun)- He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.
See also
* potageporridge
English
(wikipedia porridge)Noun
(en-noun)- Eat your porridge while it's hot!
- Just do your porridge and keep your head down.