Puddle vs Pudding - What's the difference?
puddle | pudding |
A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
* 1624 , , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 90:
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
To form a puddle.
To play or splash in a puddle.
To process iron by means of puddling.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
* Shakespeare
(originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
* 2004 , Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet ,
* 2004 , Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices ,
A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
* 2007 , Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook ,
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
(slang) An overweight person.
(slang) Entrails.
(obsolete) Any food or victuals.
* Prior
As nouns the difference between puddle and pudding
is that puddle is a small pool of water, usually on a path or road while pudding is milk pudding.As a verb puddle
is to form a puddle.puddle
English
Noun
(en noun)- And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].
- searching their habitations for water, we could fill but three barricoes, and that such puddle , that never till then we ever knew the want of good water.
Verb
(puddl)- Some unhatched practice / Hath puddled his clear spirit.
pudding
English
(wikipedia pudding)Noun
(en noun)page 313,
- The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings', including a few surprises like a chèvre popover '''pudding''' and a bread ' pudding with lettuce and cheese.
page 199,
- Steamed and boiled puddings' have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early ' puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.
page 265,
- Steamed puddings , a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.
- We have apple pie for pudding today.
- Eat your pudding , slave, and hold your tongue.