different between molasses vs vinasse

English

Alternative forms

• melasses (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [m??læ.s?z], [m??læ.s?z]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [m??læ.s?z]
• Rhymes: -æs?z

Etymology 1

From French mélasse or Portuguese melaço (compare Spanish melaza), all from Late Latin mell?ceus (“honeylike, honey-sweet”), from Latin mel (“honey”). See mellifluous.

Noun

molasses (uncountable)

1. A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.

Synonyms

• long sweetening, treacle
• sorghum syrup

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• molasses on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

molasses

1. plural of molasse

References

• molasses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “molasses”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinasse, from vin, or from Vulgar Latin v?n?cea, or from the neuter plural of Late Latin v?n?ceus, from Latin v?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??næs/

Noun

vinasse (countable and uncountable, plural vinasses)

1. (chemistry) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.

Translations

Anagrams

• evasins, savines

French

Etymology

vin +? -asse or possibly from Vulgar Latin v?n?cea, from the neuter plural of Late Latin v?n?ceus, from Latin v?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.nas/

Noun

vinasse f (plural vinasses)

1. (chemistry) vinasse
2. (colloquialism) Poor-quality, bad-tasting wine.

Related terms

• vin