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Buttermilk vs. Milk

Milk is a product that is part of our lives even if we want it or not. They are available in the forms that we consume in our usual routines. Different types of such milk depend on the place we are living and the climate and animal. Therefore, the main difference between milk and buttermilk is that the first one is the natural product that is obtained from the mammary glands of female beings whereas buttermilk is the name for milk from whom all the butter and cream removed so that the liquid that is left behind can last for a long time.

Key Differences

Buttermilk can have a bitter taste once it crosses its expiry date and can be tangy while the natural milk is sweet as long as it can stay in its original form.
Harlon Moss
Feb 08, 2017
There is more nutrition in a healthy milk where all the original ingredients are present while there are fewer options to gain nutrition in case of buttermilk since it no proper fat content exists.
The products that originate from milk are various and can include stuff like yogurt, cream, curd, butter, cheese and even cooking oil. Whereas the buttermilk can be used mostly for drinking purpose only.
Samantha Walker
Feb 08, 2017
Buttermilk cannot have any uses for cooking purposes whereas natural milk can be used instead of oil to give food a distinctive taste and smell.
Janet White
Feb 08, 2017
Milk cannot survive in extreme conditions and quickly gets sore when there is too much temperature even if placed in the fridge. Buttermilk, on the other hand, can survive for few weeks in extreme temperatures.
Milk that is obtained directly from the mammary glands of female beings is the one called natural milk, whereas the milk from which butter and cream removed for the purpose of making it more stable, is known as buttermilk.
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Comparison Chart

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The while pale liquid which is produced by the mammary glands of the mammals
The refined form of milk which does not have any butter or cream in it.

Nutrition

More nutrition in an average milk where all the original ingredients are present.
Fewer options to gain food in case of buttermilk since the excess amount of fats.

Survival

Cannot survive in extreme conditions and quickly gets sore.
Can survive for few weeks in extreme temperatures.

Taste

Sweet
Bitter and Tangy

Products

Yogurt, cream, curd, butter, cheese and even cooking oil.
For drinking purposes only.
Janet White
Feb 08, 2017

Usage

Can be used instead of oil to give food a distinctive taste and smell.
Buttermilk has no usage in the cooking of food.
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Buttermilk and Milk Definitions

Buttermilk

The liquid, usually either naturally soured or cultured with acid-producing bacteria, that remains after the butterfat has been removed from cream by churning.

Milk

A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young.

Buttermilk

A sour milk made by culturing usually skim milk with acid-producing bacteria.

Milk

The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans.

Buttermilk

The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.

Milk

Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.
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Buttermilk

Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.

Milk

A liquid resembling milk in consistency, such as milkweed sap or milk of magnesia.

Buttermilk

The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Milk

To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).

Buttermilk

Residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture

Milk

To draw or extract a liquid from
Milked the stem for its last drops of sap.

Milk

To press out, drain off, or remove (a liquid)
Milk venom from a snake.

Milk

To draw out or extract something from
Milked the witness for information.

Milk

To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit
"The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion" (Russell Watson).

Milk

To obtain the greatest possible advantage from (a situation).

Milk

To get the greatest effect from (a line or scene in a play, for example).

Milk

To yield or supply milk.

Milk

To draw milk from a female mammal.

Milk

(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.

Milk

A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.

Milk

An individual serving of milk.
Table three ordered three milks.

Milk

An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.
I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.

Milk

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Milk

Semen.

Milk

(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
The farmer milked his cows.

Milk

To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
To milk wholesome milk from healthy cows

Milk

To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

Milk

(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.
The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.

Milk

To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.

Milk

(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.

Milk

To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.
Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.

Milk

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.

Milk

A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

Milk

An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

Milk

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Milk

To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.
I have given suck, and knowHow tender 't is to love the babe that milks me.

Milk

To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

Milk

To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.

Milk

To draw or to yield milk.

Milk

To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; - said of a storage battery.

Milk

A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

Milk

Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

Milk

A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

Milk

Any of several nutritive milklike liquids

Milk

Take milk from female mammals;
Cows need to be milked every morning

Milk

Exploit as much as possible;
I am milking this for all it's worth

Milk

Add milk to;
Milk the tea

Buttermilk

Buttermilk is the form of milk which is more famous in countries where the temperature is high; this is the reason that fresh milk cannot stay stable for a long time in extreme conditions even in the refrigerator and therefore people have to take some steps to make it last for a long time. In this type of milk, traditionally it is assumed that all the butter and cream removed so that the liquid that is left behind can last for a long time, this will define milk as buttermilk. The taste changes quickly and becomes sore. Therefore people add different stuff and remove other constituents for the purpose of preserving it for longer periods. It has many other forms, but most of the times people can drink it straight from the bottle it is present, they do not have to boil it in most cases. There are some instances when buttermilk was experimented while cooking and is used instead of oil to give things a distinctive taste. In Asian countries, this type of milk has the name of manufactured milk that is available in boxes that help it to retain the original taste and smell for more than few weeks. There are four main types of buttermilk, which are traditional buttermilk that is the one in which cream and butter are no more. Then there is the cultured buttermilk that is available in the market on a commercial scale. Then there is Acidified buttermilk has used for other purposes instead of drinking. The last one is the powdered milk from which all the nutrients removed and chemicals added to make it dry so that people can use it on their choice.

Milk

In scientific terms milk can be defined as the white, pale liquid produced by the mammary glands of the mammals, this includes human beings, cows, goats, sheep and other such animals and mostly found in the female. It is one of the liquids that is consumed most after water and has many benefits. The main advantage of having this liquid in daily routine is a healthy diet, a person who drinks milk regularly will have stronger bones and will be less deficient to many things. Then, many products have milk as the main ingredient; these include stuff like yogurt, cream, curd, butter, cheese and even cooking oil. The main health is enhancing bodies it contains calcium, lactose, and proteins. According to an estimate around 90% of the total world, population consumes milk in one form or the other, and more than 800 million people associated with work and products that are created by milk. Usually, from animal’s milk is produced on a daily basis and can be taken out with the help of pulling and can range from 1 to 2 liter in a cow. A female can produce milk only after she gives birth to an offspring; that is because several changes in the body of such beings take place, and hence milk starts existing within the body. The largest exporters of milk include countries such as The United States, India, China and Brazil whereas countries which import the most milk from the world are China and Russia. The demand for the milk-related product has been increasing for a long time, and new items are available frequently in the market.

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