amylum

As nouns the difference between terms and amylum

is that terms is while amylum is starch.

As nouns the difference between amylum and farina

is that amylum is starch while farina is flour.

As a noun amylum

is starch.

As a symbol top is

tongan.

As nouns the difference between asylum and amylum

is that asylum is a place of safety while amylum is starch.

As nouns the difference between starch and amylum

is that starch is 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 while amylum is starch.

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.