Clove vs. Garlic: What's the Difference?

An evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum) native to the Moluccas and widely cultivated as a source of oil and for its aromatic dried flower buds.

An onionlike plant (Allium sativum) of southern Europe having a bulb that breaks up into separable cloves with a strong distinctive odor and flavor.

A flower bud of this plant, used whole or ground as a spice.

The bulb of this plant.

One of the small sections of a separable bulb, as that of garlic.

To season or flavor (a food) with garlic.

A past tense of cleave1.

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

(Archaic)A past participle of cleave1.

(uncountable) A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.

A past tense of cleave2.

To flavour with garlic

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

A kind of jig or farce.

(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone. is this under the correct etymology?

Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

Aromatic bulb used as seasoning

Cleft.

A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground