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Poy vs Poi - What's the difference?

poy | poi |

As nouns the difference between poy and poi

is that poy is a support structure while poi is a national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.

poy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a support structure.
  • a balancing pole used by rope dancers
  • a long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.

    • Related terms

    * teapoy ----

    poi

    English

    (wikipedia poi)

    Noun

    (po)
  • A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking]] and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and [[reduce, reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
  • A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
  • A style of performance art originating in New Zealand Maori culture.
  • The equipment used in such a performance, typically a pair of short cords with a soft cloth ball at one end of each piece. Similar items, of different construction, are used in a more modern style of fire poi.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Hawaiian ----