Drumette vs. Drumstick — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Drumette and Drumstick
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Definitions
Drumette➦
The upper part of the wing of a chicken (or occasionally a turkey), which resembles a small drumstick, as an item of food.
Drumstick➦
A stick, typically with a shaped or padded head, used for beating a drum.
Drumette➦
The small fleshy part of a chicken wing, often fried and served as an appetizer.
Drumstick➦
The lower joint of the leg of a cooked chicken, turkey, or other fowl
A chicken drumstick
Drumette➦
(US) The first segment (meatier part) of a chicken wing, closest to the body.
Drumstick➦
A stick for beating a drum.
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Drumstick➦
The lower part of the leg of a fowl, especially when cooked.
Drumstick➦
A stick used to play drums.
Drumstick➦
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
Drumstick➦
The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
Drumstick➦
A person's leg.
Drumstick➦
A stick with which a drum is beaten.
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Drumstick➦
Anything resembling a drumstick in form; - applied especially to the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl, when cooked and served at the table.
Drumstick➦
The lower joint of the leg of a fowl
Drumstick➦
A stick used for playing a drum