Starch vs. Powder

Starch vs. Powder — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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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 hair

Starchverb

stiffen with starch;

starch clothes

Powderverb

(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 wig

Powderverb

make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;

pulverize the grains