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Raspberry vs Chocolate - What's the difference?

raspberry | chocolate |

As adjectives the difference between raspberry and chocolate

is that raspberry is containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries while chocolate is chocolate (attributive).

As verbs the difference between raspberry and chocolate

is that raspberry is to gather or forage for or raspberry can be (colloquial) to make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence while chocolate is .

As a noun raspberry

is the plant rubus idaeus or raspberry can be (pejorative|colloquial) a noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.

raspberry

Etymology 1

From earlier raspis berry'', possibly from ''raspise'' (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-(etyl) ''vinum raspeys , of uncertain origin.

Noun

(raspberries)
  • The plant Rubus idaeus .
  • Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus .
  • The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
  • A (colour) red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
  • Derived terms
    * black raspberry * raspberry vinegar * Scotland raspberry
    Synonyms
    * (obsolete) hindberry

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
  • Of a dark pinkish red.
  • She wore a raspberry beret'' — lyrics of ''Raspberry Beret , by the musician

    Verb

  • To gather or forage for .
  • * 1903 , M. E. Waller, A Daughter of the Rich , Little, Brown, and Company (1903), page 137:
  • * 1917 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams , Chapter 37:
  • "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then."
  • * 1944 , Cornelius Weygandt, The Heart of New Hampshire: Things Held Dear by Folks of the Old Stocks , G. P. Putnam's Sons (1944), page 129:
  • Mrs. Thrifty was picking pie cherries, two boys were raspberrying , and the fourth son, as I recall it, blueberrying.
  • * 1976 , Emily Ward, The Way Things Were: An Autobiography of Emily Ward , Newport Press (1976), page 4:
  • My mother told my sister Sally and me that if we were good little girls we might go raspberrying up on the mountains when the raspberries were ripe.
  • * 1988 , Charles McCarry, The Bride of the Wilderness , MysteriousPress.com (2011), ISBN 9781453232521, unnumbered page:
  • In strawberry time she had seen individual bears grazing in the meadows along the bluff, and later, while raspberrying , she heard one gobbling fruit and snorting on the other side of the bush.

    See also

    * * boysenberry * loganberry * salmonberry * tayberry * thimbleberry * whitebark raspberry

    Etymology 2

    Cockney rhyming slang raspberry tart'', for ''fart . However raspberry is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it.

    Noun

    (raspberries)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.
  • Synonyms
    * (noise) Bronx cheer (US), razz
    Derived terms
    * to blow a raspberry

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.
  • Cockney rhyming slang

    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

    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.