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Toffee vs Nougat - What's the difference?

toffee | nougat |

As nouns the difference between toffee and nougat

is that toffee is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard while nougat is a confection of honey or sugar and roasted nuts, often with other ingredients.

toffee

English

(wikipedia toffee)

Alternative forms

* taffy (mostly US ) * toffy

Noun

  • (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
  • (countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
  • a box of toffees

    Derived terms

    * bonfire toffee * cinder toffee * English toffee * for toffee * honeycomb toffee * maple toffee * sponge toffee * toffee apple * toffee-brown * toffee-colored, toffee-coloured * toffee hammer * toffee-nose * toffee-nosed * toffee paper

    See also

    * butterscotch * caramel * fudge

    Anagrams

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    nougat

    English

    Noun

  • A confection of honey or sugar and roasted nuts, often with other ingredients.
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