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Sachem vs Sachet - What's the difference?

sachem | sachet |

As nouns the difference between sachem and sachet

is that sachem is a chief of a tribe of the american natives; a sagamore while sachet is sachet (a small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material).

sachem

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.
  • *1851 ,
  • *:Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like the top-knot on some old Pottowottamie Sachem ’s head.

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    sachet

    English

    Noun

  • (en noun) Chiefly British
  • (cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
  • A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

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