starch vs cornflour
cornflour vs starchstarch and cornflour both are nouns.
starch is a verb but cornflour is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| starch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| cornflour | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
cornflour is a hyponym of
starch; that is, cornflour is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
starch:
- 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
- cornflour: starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
Other hyponyms of starch include
arum, cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca, arrowroot, cornstarch, sago, amyloid, Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch.
| starch (noun) | cornflour (noun) |
|---|---|
| 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 | starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener |
| a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering |
| starch (verb) | cornflour (verb) |
|---|---|
| stiffen with starch |
© WordCmp.com 2024,
CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.