Doughnut vs. Fritter — What's the Difference?

A doughnut or donut (IPA: ) is a type of leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors.

A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been battered or breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-fried. Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory varieties.

A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat.

To reduce or squander little by little

Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.

To break, tear, or cut into bits; shred.

A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat.

A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.

A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.

Anything in the shape of a torus.

# A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

(attributive) A circular life raft.

To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

(physics) A toroidal vacuum chamber.

(transitive) To sinter.

(North America) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.

(transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.

A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.

(transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.

A kind of tyre for an airplane.

A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

(slang) A vulva; (by extension) a woman's virginity.

A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

A foolish or stupid person.

To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

To break into small pieces or fragments.

A toroidal shape;

Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

A small ring-shaped friedcake

Spend frivolously and unwisely;