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Teaspoon vs Teaspoonful - What's the difference?

teaspoon | teaspoonful |

As nouns the difference between teaspoon and teaspoonful

is that teaspoon is a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass while teaspoonful is a unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5ml.

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

    teaspoonful

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5ml.
  • *

    • Related terms

    * dessertspoonful * tablespoonful * spoonful