Starch vs. Powder
Difference Between Starch and Powder
Starchnoun
(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
Powdernoun
The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
Starchnoun
Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
Powdernoun
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
Starchnoun
A stiff, formal manner; formality.
Powdernoun
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
Starchnoun
(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener
Powdernoun
(informal) powder snow Light, dry, fluffy snow.
Starchverb
To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
She starched her blouses.Powdernoun
The colour powder blue.
Starchadjective
Stiff; precise; rigid.
Powderverb
(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
Starchnoun
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Powderverb
(transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
to powder one's hairStarchverb
stiffen with starch;
starch clothesPowderverb
(intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
Powderverb
(intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
Powderverb
To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
Powdernoun
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
Powdernoun
a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
Powdernoun
any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder
Powderverb
apply powder to;
She powdered her noseThe King wears a powdered wigPowderverb
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;
pulverize the grains
