Milk vs. Blood — What's the Difference?

Milk (also known in unfermented form as sweet milk) is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals, including breastfed human infants before they are able to digest solid food.

Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.In vertebrates, it is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume), and contains proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation), and blood cells themselves.

An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young

The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.

Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically

A similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.

Exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time

The juice or sap of certain plants.

A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young.

A vital or animating force; lifeblood.

The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans.

One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.

Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.

Bloodshed; murder.

A liquid resembling milk in consistency, such as milkweed sap or milk of magnesia.

Temperament or disposition

To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).

Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

To draw or extract a liquid from

Family relationship; kinship.

To press out, drain off, or remove (a liquid)

Descent from noble or royal lineage

To draw out or extract something from

Recorded descent from purebred stock.

To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit

National or racial ancestry.

To obtain the greatest possible advantage from (a situation).

A dandy.

To get the greatest effect from (a line or scene in a play, for example).

A member of a tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy inhabiting southern Alberta.

To yield or supply milk.

To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.

To draw milk from a female mammal.

To subject (troops) to experience under fire

(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.

A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.

A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

An individual serving of milk.

A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).

An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.

(historical) One of the four humours in the human body.

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

A blood test or blood sample.

Semen.

The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.

(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

(poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.

To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

Temper of mind; disposition; mood

To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

(obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.

(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.

A blood horse, one of good pedigree.

To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

(figurative) Bloodshed.

(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.

Alternative case form of Blood.

To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.

A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.

(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

To let blood (from); to bleed.

An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

(transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.

To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.

To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.

To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.

Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

To draw or to yield milk.

The fleshy nature of man.

To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; - said of a storage battery.

The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.

A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.

Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; - as if the blood were the seat of emotions.

A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.

Any of several nutritive milklike liquids

The juice of anything, especially if red.

Take milk from female mammals;

To bleed.

Exploit as much as possible;

To stain, smear or wet, with blood.

Add milk to;

To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.

To heat the blood of; to exasperate.

The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart;

The descendants of one individual;

The shedding of blood resulting in murder;

Temperament or disposition;

A dissolute man in fashionable society

People viewed as members of a group;

Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill