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Pottage vs Porridge - What's the difference?

pottage | porridge |

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)
  • A thick soup or stew.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 328:
    • He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.

    See also

    * potage

    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