Sucrose vs Starch - What's the difference?
sucrose | starch |
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar
(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
(nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
(uncountable, figuratively) A stiff, formal manner; formality.
(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener
To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
Stiff; precise; rigid.
As nouns the difference between sucrose and starch
is that sucrose is (carbohydrate) a disaccharide with formula c12h22o11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar while starch is (uncountable) a widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers it is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.As a verb starch is
to apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.As an adjective starch is
stiff; precise; rigid.sucrose
English
(wikipedia sucrose)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* saccharoseAnagrams
* ----starch
English
(wikipedia starch)Noun
- (Addison)
Derived terms
* starchy * cornstarch * potato starchVerb
- She starched her blouses.
Adjective
(-)- (Killingbeck)
