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Syrup vs Sirup - What's the difference?

syrup | sirup |

Sirup is a alternative form of syrup.



As nouns the difference between syrup and sirup

is that syrup is any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content. Also any viscous liquid while sirup is a thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.

syrup

English

Alternative forms

* (l), surp

Noun

  • Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content. Also any viscous liquid.
    • maple syrup
    pancake syrup
  • (Cockney rhyming slang''; ''shortened from syrup of figs ) A wig.

    • Derived terms

    * glucose syrup * golden syrup * maple syrup * palm syrup * simple syrup * sizzurp * syrup of figs * syrupy

    Anagrams

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    sirup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * syrup generally considered standard

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
  • (obsolete) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
  • :* Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. --.

    • Derived terms

    * Mixing sirup . See the Note under Dextrose.

    Anagrams

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