Thyme vs Thiamine - What's the difference?
thyme | thiamine |
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus , such as the (garden thyme), , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
(rfv-sense) (poetic, Ireland, UK, dated) A metaphor for virginity, chastity.
* 17th century , A Bunch of Thyme (traditional song):
* 19th century , A Sprig of Thyme (traditional):
(vitamin) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.
As nouns the difference between thyme and thiamine
is that thyme is any plant of the labiate genus thymus , such as the (garden thyme), , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups while thiamine is (vitamin) one of the constituents of vitamin b complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.thyme
English
Noun
(en noun)- Come all ye maidens young and fair
- And you that are blooming in your prime
- Always beware and keep your garden fair
- Let no man steal away your thyme
- Wunst I had a sprig of thyme ,
- it prospered by night and by day
- ill a false young man came acourtin' te me,
- and he stole all this thyme away.
Derived terms
* (cat thyme) * thymic * thymol * (wild thyme)References
*Source Guide to the Music of Percy Grainger*
Bunch of Thyme – a coded warning to women