Garlic vs. Clove — What's the Difference?

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the onion genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion.

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 onionlike plant (Allium sativum) of southern Europe having a bulb that breaks up into separable cloves with a strong distinctive odor and flavor.

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 bulb of this plant.

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

To season or flavor (a food) with garlic.

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

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

A past tense of cleave1.

(uncountable) A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.

(Archaic)A past participle of cleave1.

To flavour with garlic

A past tense of cleave2.

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

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

A kind of jig or farce.

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

Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

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

Aromatic bulb used as seasoning

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

Cleft.

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

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

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

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

Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

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

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