Curd vs. Cord — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Curd and Cord
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Curd
Curd is obtained by coagulating milk in a sequential process called curdling. It can be a final dairy product or the first stage in cheesemaking.
Cord
A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support. See Usage Note at chord1.
Curd
The part of milk that coagulates when the milk sours or is treated with enzymes. Curd is used to make cheese.
Cord
An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
Curd
A lump of curd
Cheese curds.
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Cord
A hangman's rope.
Curd
A coagulated liquid that resembles milk curd.
Cord
An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
Curd
To form or cause to form into curd; curdle.
Cord
Also chord(Anatomy)A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon
A spinal cord.
Curd
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
Cord
A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
Curd
The coagulated part of any liquid.
Cord
A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
Curd
The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
Cord
Cords Pants made of corduroy.
Curd
(intransitive) To form curd; to curdle.
Cord
A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet or 128 cubic feet (3.62 cubic meters).
Curd
(transitive) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Cord
To fasten or bind with a cord
Corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
Curd
The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.
Curds and cream, the flower of country fare.
Cord
To furnish with a cord.
Curd
The coagulated part of any liquid.
Cord
To pile (wood) in cords.
Curd
The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact.
Cord
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); uncountable such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
Curd
To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Does it curd thy bloodTo say I am thy mother?
Cord
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper (US vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
Curd
To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey
Cord
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
Curd
A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd;
Bean curd
Lemon curd
Cord
(figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
Curd
Coagulated milk; used to made cheese;
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey
Cord
(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
Spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
Cord
Dated form of chord: musical sense.
Cord
Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
Cord
To furnish with cords
Cord
To tie or fasten with cords
Cord
To flatten a book during binding
Cord
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Cord
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Cord
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; - originally measured with a cord or line.
Cord
Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
The knots that tangle human creeds,The wounding cords that bind and strainThe heart until it bleeds.
Cord
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
Cord
See Chord.
Cord
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
Cord
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Cord
A line made of twisted fibers or threads;
The bundle was tied with a cord
Cord
A unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
Cord
A light insulated conductor for household use
Cord
A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
Cord
Stack in cords;
Cord firewood
Cord
Bind or tie with a cord
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