Donut vs. Bun — What's the Difference?

Variant of doughnut.

A bun is a small, sometimes sweet, bread-based item or roll. Though they come in many shapes and sizes, they are most commonly hand-sized or smaller, with a round top and flat bottom.

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard, or cream.

A small cake, typically containing dried fruit

Anything in the shape of a circle or torus.

A hairstyle in which the hair is drawn back into a tight coil at the back of the head.

A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a donut; a 360-degree skid.

A person's buttocks.

(North America) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.

An unsweetened round or oblong roll, used especially to hold a hamburger patty or a hot dog.

A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.

A small sweetened roll, often spiced or containing dried fruit.

An idiot.

A tight roll of hair worn at the back or the top of the head.

A small ring-shaped friedcake

A drunken spree.

A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.

A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

A cupcake.

A drunken spree.

(Internet slang) A newbie.

A buttock.

(slang) The vagina.

A rabbit.

A squirrel.

The scut or tail of a hare.

A dry stalk.

Marijuana cigarette, joint

A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3{{nbsp}}cm.

(transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.

To smoke cannabis.

To shoot.

Any of a variety of slightly sweetened or plain raised cakes or bisquits, often having a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust; as, a hot cross bun.

A type of coiffure in which the hair is gathered into a coil or knot at the top of the head.

The buttocks.

Same as blood urea nitrogen; the concentration of nitrogen in blood present in the form of urea; - used as a measure of kidney function.

Small rounded bread either plain or sweet