Scone vs. Muffin — What's the Difference?

A scone ( or ) is a baked good, usually made of either wheat or oatmeal with baking powder as a leavening agent, and baked on sheet pans. A scone is often slightly sweetened and occasionally glazed with egg wash.

A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened) and a cupcake-like quickbread (often sweetened) that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold.

A small, rich, biscuitlike pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

A small, cup-shaped quick bread, often sweetened.

(Utah) Yeast bread dough, deep-fried and served with honey and butter or with a savory filling.

An English muffin.

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

(British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.

Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.

A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

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(computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.

To hit on the head.

(slang) Term of endearment.

A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.

Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muff.

Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.

(slang) A charming, attractive young man. en

(dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.

Another word for a roll, bap or cob, even one that isn’t flat or toasted.

To eat muffins.

To feed muffins.

To become like a muffin; to increase in size.

To make like a muffin.

Alternative case form of MUFFIN

A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan