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What is the difference between praline and chocolate?

praline | chocolate |

As nouns the difference between praline and chocolate

is that praline is a confection made from almonds and other nuts and caramelized sugar while chocolate is a food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

As an adjective chocolate is

made of or containing chocolate.

praline

English

Noun

(wikipedia praline) (en noun)
  • A confection made from almonds and other nuts and caramelized sugar.

    • Derived terms

    * pralined

    Anagrams

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    chocolate

    English

    (wikipedia chocolate)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
    • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • (uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
  • (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
    • He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
    • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .

    Derived terms

    * bar of chocolate * choc * choccy * chocoholic * chocolate-box * chocolate chip * chocolate leather * chocolate phosphate * chocolate plastic * chocolate tree * chocolatey, chocolaty * compound chocolate * dark chocolate * hot chocolate * milk chocolate * modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate * plain chocolate * white chocolate

    Related terms

    * chocolatier

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of or containing chocolate.
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

    • See also

    * black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *

    References

    * * 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75. * 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "chocolate") * 1000 English basic words ----