foodstuff vs ingredient

ingredient vs foodstuff

foodstuff and ingredient both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foodstuff	Yes	No	No	No
ingredient	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ingredient is a hyponym of foodstuff; that is, ingredient is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foodstuff:

foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
ingredient: food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

Other hyponyms of foodstuff include starches, breadstuff, coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring, concentrate, meal, fiber, fibre, roughage, flour, frozen food, frozen foods, canned food, canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods, dehydrated food, dehydrated foods, carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, tapioca, cocoa, cereal, food grain, grain, fixings, egg, eggs, dairy product, milk, curd, concoction, intermixture, mixture, juice, perishable, spoilable, macerate.

foodstuff (noun)	ingredient (noun)
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer	a component of a mixture or compound
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food	an abstract part of something
	food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

Difference between foodstuff and ingredient

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