sugar vs jaggery

jaggery vs sugar

sugar and jaggery both are nouns.

sugar is a verb but jaggery is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sugar	Yes	No	Yes	No
jaggery	Yes	No	No	No

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

sugar: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
jaggery: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

Other hyponyms of sugar include ribose, beet sugar, cane sugar, deoxyribose, invert sugar, maple sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, jaggary, jagghery, wood sugar, xylose.

sugar (noun)	jaggery (noun)
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative	unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
informal terms for money
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

sugar (verb)	jaggery (verb)
sweeten with sugar

Difference between sugar and jaggery

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