different between butterscotch vs toffee

English

Etymology

Butter + scotch, with the second element deriving not from scotch whiskey or Scotland, but from Middle English scocchen (“to score, nick, cut”), in reference to how the candy is boiled and hardened and then usually scored to make breaking it apart easier. The word is usually said to have originally been a trademark of Parkinson's, who is claimed to have invented it.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?t??sk?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?t??sk?t?/
• Hyphenation: but?ter?scotch

Noun

butterscotch (usually uncountable, plural butterscotches)

1. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
2. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients.
3. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

Translations

Adjective

butterscotch (not comparable)

1. Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
2. Having the flavour of butterscotch.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

English

Etymology

Alteration of taffy.

Alternative forms

• taffy (see usage notes)
• toffy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?fi/
• (US) enPR: tä?f?, IPA^(key): /?t?fi/
• Rhymes: -?fi

Noun

toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)

1. (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
2. (countable) a small, individual piece of toffee

   a box of toffees

3. (Northern England) any kind of sweets; candy

Usage notes

• Unlike taffy, which is a soft candy, toffee is a hard candy.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• butterscotch
• caramel
• fudge

Verb

toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)

1. (transitive) To coat in toffee.

Anagrams

• tee off

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tof?e?/, [?t?o?f?e??]
• Rhymes: -of?e?
• Syllabification: tof?fee

Noun

toffee

1. toffee

Declension