Allspice vs. Mace

Difference Between Allspice and Mace

Allspicenoun

(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Macenoun

A heavy fighting club.

Allspicenoun

(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.

Macenoun

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

Allspicenoun

aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

Macenoun

A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.

Allspicenoun

deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

Macenoun

An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.

Allspicenoun

ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves

Macenoun

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Macenoun

(archaic) A billiard cue.

Macenoun

An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.

Macenoun

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Macenoun

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Macenoun

Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.

Maceverb

To hit someone or something with a mace.

Maceverb

To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.

Maceverb

(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

Macenoun

(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization