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Vinaigrette vs Vinegar - What's the difference?

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Vinegar is a related term of vinaigrette.



As nouns the difference between vinaigrette and vinegar

is that vinaigrette is a sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, used especially for cold meats, or as a salad dressing while vinegar is a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

As a verb vinegar is

to season with vinegar.

vinaigrette

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, used especially for cold meats, or as a salad dressing.
  • (obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
  • (obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.
  • A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.
  • Synonyms

    * (sauce) French dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce

    Derived terms

    * vinaigrette dressing * vinaigrette sauce

    Anagrams

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    vinegar

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
  • (countable) Any variety of vinegar.
  • a range of herb-flavoured vinegars

    Derived terms

    * apple cider vinegar * aromatic vinegar * balsamic vinegar * cane vinegar * champagne vinegar * chili vinegar * Chinese red vinegar * cider vinegar * coconut vinegar * fruit vinegar * full of piss and vinegar * herb vinegar * it is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey * malt vinegar * mother of vinegar * piss and vinegar * pyroligneous vinegar * quick vinegar * radical vinegar * raspberry vinegar * rice vinegar * rose vinegar * salt and vinegar * sherry vinegar * spiced vinegar * sugar-vinegar * sweetened vinegar * tarragon vinegar * thieves' vinegar * vinegar beer * vinegar Bible * vinegar car * vinegar eel, vinegar-eel * vinegar essence * vinegarette * vinegarrette * vinegar-field * vinegar fly, vinegar-fly * vinegarish * vinegarist * vinegar lamp * vinegar mother * vinegar pie * vinegar plant, vinegar-plant * vinegar-railing * vinegar rice * vinegar stick * vinegar strokes * vinegar syndrome * vinegar tree, vinegar-tree * vinegar weed, vinegarweed * vinegar worm * vinegary * vinegar-yard * white vinegar * wine vinegar * wish one at vinegar * wood vinegar

    See also

    * non-brewed condiment

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To season with vinegar .
  • Derived terms

    * vinegared * vinegaring

    Anagrams

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