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Scungilli vs Conch - What's the difference?

scungilli | conch |

As nouns the difference between scungilli and conch

is that scungilli is whelk while conch is a marine gastropod of the family family: Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

As a verb conch is

to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

scungilli

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) whelk

    • conch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conk

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A marine gastropod of the family which lives in its own spiral shell.
  • The shell of this sea animal.
  • A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
  • A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to develop the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding; a concher or concher machine.

    • Verb

  • To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
  • To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.