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Teaspoon vs Spoonful - What's the difference?

teaspoon | spoonful |

As nouns the difference between teaspoon and spoonful

is that teaspoon is a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass while spoonful is the amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

teaspoon

English

(wikipedia teaspoon)

Alternative forms

* tsp (abbreviation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
  • a unit of measure, worth one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

    • See also

    * dessert spoon, dessertspoon * soup spoon, soupspoon * tablespoon

    spoonful

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
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    Derived terms

    * dessertspoonful * tablespoonful * teaspoonful

    See also

    * forkful