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Spice vs Spicer - What's the difference?

spice | spicer |

As nouns the difference between spice and spicer

is that spice is plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food while spicer is one who seasons with spice.

As a verb spice

is to add spice or spices to.

spice

English

(wikipedia spice)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) espice (modern .

Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
  • (figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
  • (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
  • (obsolete) Species; kind.
  • * Wyclif Bible, 1 Thessalonians v. 22
    • Abstain you from all evil spice .
  • * Sir T. Elyot
    • Justice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in two kinds of spices . The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative.
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Hypernyms
    * seasoning
    Coordinate terms
    * herb
    Derived terms
    * allspice * five-spice powder * herbs and spices * spiceberry * spicebush * spicery * spice up * spiciness * spicy * spicy tooth * variety is the spice of life

    Verb

    (spic)
  • To add spice or spices to.
    • Derived terms
    * spice up

    Etymology 2

    Formed by analogy with (mice) as the plural of (mouse) by .

    Noun

    (head)
  • (nonce word)

    • References

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular plurals ----

    spicer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who seasons with spice.
  • A spice dealer.
    • (Piers Plowman)
    (Webster 1913)