When I was looking for keywords for a text document I had to notice that sometimes very short attention was paid to the distinction between concepts and things that are apparently quite easily confusing. That turned out to deliver a whole list of interesting facts.
What’s the difference between
- pottery - stoneware
- charcoal - charred wood
- infusion - decoction – tincture - / - tea
- amphibian – reptile
- baking powder - baking soda
- beehive – beebox
- beer: double – tripple..
- beewax – other wax
- bilberry - blue berry - foxberry
- Bio dynamic - / - permaculture
- bitumen - / - tar
- bulrush – rattan – reed – cane
- bumblebee – bee
- butter - margarine
- buzzard - / - honey buzzard
- caldera - crater
- candle - / - torch
- carbohydrates, sugars and sucrose
- carcas weight – hot slaughtered weight
- cast iron - / - steel
- cat - rabbit (on a dish)
- chamomile – false- odorless,…
- chestnut – horse chestnut
- clover: white or red
- coppice and pollarding
- cotton - / - linen
- crochet – needle bind – sprang technique
- crystal – glass
- cucumber – gherkins
- degrees Celsius - Fahrenheit
- egg: fertilized or not
- egg: white or brown
- egg: fresh – old, cooked – raw
- etching – engraving
- faience - chamotte
- frogs - toads
- fruits – vegetables
- flue - cold
- glass casting – glass drawing
- grass pasture – hay grass
- grilling - roasting - baking...
- gum - resin
- hamster – guinea pigs
- hardening - / - tempering
- hare – rabbit
- heath – heather
- hemlock – spotted hemlock,…
- hemp – canabis
- herbs – spices
- horn – antler
- influenza (flu) – cold
- ink - paint
- inorganic - / - organic
- iron – steel
- lice - / - fleas
- mortar - / - concrete
- mushroom - fungi - mold
- nectar - pollen
- number- numeral – digit
- nut, kernel, bean, seed, chestnut
- oak – sessile
- ointment – cream – petroleum jelly
- onion - shallot - leek - garlic
- paper – cardboard
- papyrus – / -- parchment
- pasteurization – sterilization
- pepper(s): hot, sweet, spice
- pig (tame) - boar (wild)
- pigment - colour
- planetoid – asteroid
- plaster – gypsum
- porcelain - / - ceramic
- propolis - / - royal jelly
- pulley – tackle
- pulses: bean – peas - lentil
- raven - / - crow
- roe (deer) – deer
- saturated - unsaturated fatty acid
- sand - loam - silt - clay
- screw conveyor – Archimedes screw
- scythe - sickle
- sheep – goat
- slow worm – snake
- sparkling wine - champagne - cava...
- squash – zucchini
- sting – bite
- stone - pine marten
- stove, burnder for wood - for coal
- straw - / - hay
- syndrome – symptom
- syrup – apple butter
- tanning with tannin – with protein
- tar from coal - / - wood
- tea – herbs infusion
- terracotta – biscuit
- thorn – spines
- turnip, swede, cabbage, kohlrabi
- vinegar – edik – balsamic
- virus – bacteria
- warp – weft
- wasp – hornet
- water glass - / - lime water
- welding - / - soldering
- wheat – flour …
- wild boar - tame pig
- wool – felt
- yeast, baking powder, sourdough and baking soda
- yeast for bread - for beer - wine
- yellow dogwood: red – yellow
- yogurt – kefir - buttermilk
The difference between a mistress and a wife? About 25kg.
The difference between free and for nothing? I got free education and you for nothing.