Scone vs. Cake

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

Sconenoun

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

Cakenoun

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

Sconenoun

(Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.

Cakenoun

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

an oatmeal cakea johnnycake

Sconenoun

The head.

Cakenoun

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

buckwheat cakes
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Sconeverb

To hit on the head.

Cakenoun

A block of any of various dense materials.

a cake of soapa cake of sand

Sconenoun

small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

Cakenoun

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

Cakenoun

(slang) Money.

Cakenoun

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

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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