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Strudel vs Fruitcake - What's the difference?

strudel | fruitcake |

As nouns the difference between strudel and fruitcake

is that strudel is a pastry made from multiple, thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc while fruitcake is a cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

strudel

English

(wikipedia strudel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a pastry made from multiple, thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.
  • (at sign) http://foldoc.org/strudel

    • References

    Derived terms

    * apple strudel

    Anagrams

    * ----

    fruitcake

    English

    (wikipedia fruitcake)

    Alternative forms

    * fruit-cake * fruit cake

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
  • (chiefly, US, and, Canada, colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
  • * 1952 , Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadly , p 7:
    • Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake .
  • (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A male homosexual.