Cinnamon vs. Clove — What's the Difference?

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfast cereals, snackfoods, tea and traditional foods.

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice.

An aromatic spice made from the peeled, dried, and rolled bark of a SE Asian tree

An evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum) native to the Moluccas and widely cultivated as a source of oil and for its aromatic dried flower buds.

The tree which yields cinnamon.

A flower bud of this plant, used whole or ground as a spice.

The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees of the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and cassia (C. aromaticum), often ground and used as a spice.

One of the small sections of a separable bulb, as that of garlic.

A tree yielding this bark.

A past tense of cleave1.

A light reddish brown.

(Archaic)A past participle of cleave1.

Flavored with cinnamon.

A past tense of cleave2.

Of a light reddish brown.

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

(countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.

(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).

(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone. is this under the correct etymology?

A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.

One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

, the product made of Cinnamomum verum

Cleft.

(countable) A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Of a yellowish-brown color.

One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Aromatic bark used as a spice

Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground

One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground