different between pastille vs gummy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastille. Doublet of pastegh.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pæs?til/

Noun

pastille (countable and uncountable, plural pastilles)

1. A soft flavoured sweet/candy.
2. A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
3. A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
4. A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
5. A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.
6. (art, obsolete) Alternative form of pastel

Synonyms

• (medicinal pill): lozenge

Related terms

• pastillation
• pastillator

Translations

See also

• List of foods named after people

References

• “pastille”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• pastille at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• palliest, stipella

French

Etymology

From Spanish pastilla (“small roll of fragrant dough”), from Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), a diminutive form of pasta (“dough, paste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.tij/

Noun

pastille f (plural pastilles)

1. (archaic) small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air
2. pastille, lozenge, drop (medicinal or candy)

3. lozenge-shaped figure in a design
4. The conductive part of a printed circuit board that components are fixed to

Derived terms

• pastillage
• pastillette
• pastilleur
• pastilleux
• pastille de gomme

Related terms

• pâte
• pastel

Further reading

• “pastille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?m?i, IPA^(key): /???mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Etymology 1

gum (“flesh around teeth”) +? -y.

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

1. Showing the gums.

   a gummy grin

Derived terms

• gummily
• gumminess

Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

1. (Australia) Clipping of gummy shark.
   • 2000, Paul Worsteling, Fishing Western Port, page 12,

     Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation.

   • 2007, Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria?s Coastline, Australian Fishing Network, page 60,

     Western Port is a great location to find gummies. […] Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat.

   • 2008, Rex Hunt, Fishing Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds, page 44,

     This area of vast mudflats is right at the top of the port is home to some of the best gummy shark fishing around. […] As the water drops, the feeding gummies drop off the banks and wait in the channels for food.

2. (Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.

Etymology 2

gum (“(substance)”) +? -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

1. Resembling gum (the substance).
2. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
   • Then rubs his gummy eyes.

Synonyms

• (resembling gum, the substance): gluey, gooey, sticky, tacky

Derived terms

• gumminess
• gummy bear
• gummy tumor
• gummy tumour

Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

1. (usually in the plural) A gummi candy.

Derived terms

• gummy bear
• gummy worm

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??um?]
• Rhymes: -um?
• Hyphenation: gum?my

Noun

gummy

1. genitive singular of gumma (gum, rubber)