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arrowroot vs starch

starch vs arrowroot

arrowroot and starch both are nouns.

arrowroot is not a verb while starch is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
arrowroot Yes No No No
starch Yes No Yes No
As nouns, starch is a hypernym of arrowroot; that is, starch is a word with a broader meaning than arrowroot:
  • arrowroot: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
  • starch: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Other hypernyms of arrowroot include amylum.
arrowroot (noun) starch (noun)
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
arrowroot (verb) starch (verb)
stiffen with starch
Difference between arrowroot and starch

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