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Vinaigrette vs. Vinegar: What's the Difference?

Vinaigrette and Vinegar Definitions

Vinaigrette

A cold sauce or dressing made of vinegar or lemon juice and oil, often flavored with finely chopped onions, herbs, and other seasonings.

Vinegar

A sour liquid containing acetic acid, produced by fermenting a solution (such as wine or fermented rice) containing ethanol produced by a previous fermentation, used as a condiment and preservative.

Vinaigrette

A small decorative bottle or container with a perforated top, used for holding an aromatic preparation such as smelling salts.

Vinegar

Sourness of speech or mood; ill temper.

Vinaigrette

A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
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Vinegar

Liveliness and enthusiasm; vim.

Vinaigrette

(obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.

Vinegar

(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

Vinaigrette

(obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a person.

Vinegar

(countable) Any variety of vinegar.
A range of herb-flavoured vinegars
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Vinaigrette

A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.

Vinegar

(transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.

Vinaigrette

A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, - used esp. for cold meats.

Vinegar

A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.

Vinaigrette

A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; - called also vinegarette.

Vinegar

Hence, anything sour; - used also metaphorically.
Here's the challenge: . . . I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't.

Vinaigrette

A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.

Vinegar

To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
Hoping that he hath vinegared his sensesAs he was bid.

Vinaigrette

Oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

Vinegar

Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

Vinegar

Dilute acetic acid

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