Rye vs Whey - What's the difference?
rye | whey |
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
Rye bread.
(US, Canada) Rye whiskey.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 159:
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Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium .
A disease of hawks.
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
As nouns the difference between rye and whey
is that rye is a grain used extensively in europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder while whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.rye
English
(wikipedia rye)Noun
- I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.
- (Ainsworth)