Donut vs. Cake

Donut vs. Cake — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Donut and Cake

Donutnoun

(North America) A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.

Cakenoun

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Donutnoun

(North America) Anything in the shape of a torus

Cakenoun

A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

an oatmeal cakea johnnycake

Donutnoun

a peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid.

Cakenoun

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

buckwheat cakes
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Donutnoun

(North America) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.

Cakenoun

A block of any of various dense materials.

a cake of soapa cake of sand

Donutnoun

A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.

Cakenoun

(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.

Donutnoun

An idiot.

Cakenoun

(slang) Money.

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Donutnoun

a small ring-shaped friedcake

Cakenoun

Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations.

Cakeverb

(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

His shoes are caked with mud.

Cakeverb

To form into a cake, or mass.

Cakenoun

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

a bar of chocolate

Cakenoun

small flat mass of chopped food

Cakenoun

made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

Cakeverb

form a coat over;

Dirt had coated her face