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cornflour vs starch

starch vs cornflour

cornflour and starch both are nouns.

cornflour is not a verb while starch is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cornflour Yes No No No
starch Yes No Yes No
As nouns, starch is a hypernym of cornflour; that is, starch is a word with a broader meaning than cornflour:
  • cornflour: starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
  • 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 cornflour include amylum.
cornflour (noun) starch (noun)
starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener 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
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
cornflour (verb) starch (verb)
stiffen with starch
Difference between cornflour and starch

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