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


  1. pottery - stoneware
  2. charcoal - charred wood
  3. infusion - decoction tincture - / - tea  verschillen
  4. amphibian – reptile
  5. baking powder - baking soda
  6. beehive beebox
  7. beer: double – tripple..
  8. beewax – other wax
  9. bilberry - blue berry  - foxberry 
  10. Bio dynamic - / - permaculture
  11. bitumen - / - tar
  12. bulrush – rattan – reed – cane
  13. bumblebee – bee
  14. butter - margarine
  15. buzzard - / - honey buzzard
  16. caldera - crater
  17. candle - / - torch
  18. carbohydrates, sugars and sucrose
  19. carcas weight – hot slaughtered weight
  20. cast iron - / - steel
  21. cat - rabbit (on a dish)
  22. chamomile – false- odorless,…
  23. chestnut – horse chestnut
  24. clover: white or red
  25. coppice and pollarding
  26. cotton - / - linen
  27. crochet – needle bind – sprang technique
  28. crystal – glass
  29. cucumber – gherkins
  30. degrees Celsius - Fahrenheit
  31. egg: fertilized or not
  32. egg: white or brown
  33. egg: fresh – old, cooked – raw
  34. etching – engraving
  35. faience - chamotte
  36. frogs - toads
  37. fruits – vegetables
  38. flue - cold
  39. glass casting – glass drawing   balansje
  40. grass pasture – hay grass
  41. grilling - roasting - baking...
  42. gum - resin
  43. hamster – guinea pigs
  44. hardening - / - tempering
  45. hare – rabbit
  46. heath – heather
  47. hemlock – spotted hemlock,…
  48. hemp – canabis
  49. herbs – spices
  50. horn – antler
  51. influenza (flu) – cold
  52. ink - paint
  53. inorganic - / - organic
  54. iron – steel
  55. lice - / - fleas
  56. mortar - / - concrete
  57. mushroom - fungi - mold
  58. nectar - pollen
  59. number- numeral – digit
  60. nut, kernel, bean, seed, chestnut
  61. oak – sessile
  62. ointment – cream – petroleum jelly
  63. onion - shallot - leek - garlic
  64. paper – cardboard
  65. papyrus – / -- parchment
  66. pasteurization – sterilization
  67. pepper(s): hot, sweet, spice
  68. pig (tame) - boar (wild)
  69. pigment - colour
  70. planetoid – asteroid
  71. plaster – gypsum
  72. porcelain - / - ceramic
  73. propolis - / - royal jelly
  74. pulley – tackle
  75. pulses: bean – peas - lentil
  76. raven - / - crow
  77. roe (deer) – deer
  78. saturated - unsaturated fatty acid
  79. sand - loam - silt - clay
  80. screw conveyor – Archimedes screw
  81. scythe - sickle
  82. sheep – goat
  83. slow worm – snake
  84. sparkling wine - champagne - cava...
  85. squash – zucchini
  86. sting – bite
  87. stone - pine marten
  88. stove, burnder for wood - for coal
  89. straw - / - hay
  90. syndrome – symptom
  91. syrup – apple butter
  92. tanning with tannin – with protein
  93. tar from coal - / - wood
  94. tea – herbs infusion
  95. terracotta – biscuit
  96. thorn – spines
  97. turnip, swede, cabbage, kohlrabi
  98. vinegar – edik – balsamic
  99. virus bacteria
  100. warp – weft
  101. wasp – hornet
  102. water glass - / - lime water
  103. welding - / - soldering
  104. wheat – flour …
  105. wild boar - tame pig
  106. wool – felt
  107. yeast, baking powder, sourdough and baking soda
  108. yeast for bread - for beer - wine
  109. yellow dogwood: red – yellow
  110. 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.