7 Commonly confused words about Food with Sentences

While talking about the interesting terms related to food like taste, flavour, delicacies etc, we get baffled with the use of some words.

Here we get you 7 such sets of most commonly confused word-pairs related to food along with their meanings and example sentences.

1. Desert and Dessert

Desert comes from Latin desertus that means, lying in waste.

An area with no vegetation or having lifeless span with vast sand dunes is desert.

For e.g. Atacama desert is the driest non-polar desert in the world.

Dessert - The word dessert is originated from French word desservir, which means to clear the table.

It also refers to a sweet dish usually people prefer as final course after a meal.
    
For e.g. There are ample options for dessert in menu card. Place an order and get whatever you like.

2. Yoke and Yolk

Yoke - A wooden crosspiece used to tie over the neck of two animals and attached to cart from which they are to pull, especially to horse and oxen.
     
For e.g. The oxen were tied tightly with yoke, so that they couldn't unravel themselves.

Yolk - When you eat egg, you must have observed two layers, white and yellow. The yellow part inside an egg is called as yolk.
     
For e.g. Egg yolk is use to extract egg oil which has various cosmetic, nutritional and medicinal uses.

3. Flour, Flower and Floor

When you grind wheat or any other grains, you get fine powder-like substance which is called flour.
     
For e.g. We use flour to prepare cakes, cookies, pastry, bread etc.

Flower - A flower is a fragile thing with petals that blossoms and grows on the top of the stem.  
     
For e.g. Mary loves the fragrance of flowers. She decorates her home with flowers on Christmas every year.

Floor: i. The lower surface of the room on which we walk.

For e.g. The floor of Taj Mahal is covered with marble.

ii. The storey of the building.
     
For e.g. She rented a on sixth floor of the building for her guests.

4. Meet, Meat and Mete

When you and your friend come or join together intentionally or unintentionally, you meet each other.

For e.g. Yesterday, I met my college friends after a long time.

Meat - The flesh of an animal (mammal or bird) used as food.

For e.g. To preserve, keep meat and rice in the refrigerator.

Mete refers to an act of giving punishment or unfair treatment to someone.
    
For e.g. Those who break the traffic rules should be meted out.

5. Kettle and Cattle

Kettle is a plastic or metal container with spout, lid and handle used for boiling water or keeping tea.
     
For e.g. The waiter served us the tea from kettle.

Cattle are the group of livestock (includes cows, horses) kept in a farm for rearing purpose.
     
For e.g. The cattle are grazing the field.

6. Pray and Prey

When you visit holy places you make a wish for something good to happen or in order to thank the almighty for something. Here, you pray to God.
    
For e.g. We prayed for the peace of soul of all those who lost their life during terrorist attack.

Prey is an animal which is hunted or caught by another for food.

For e.g. Eagles are birds of prey.

7. Ail and Ale

Ail is a verb, means, to cause difficulty or trouble due to some problem.
    
For e.g. Going from train rather than a car will be an ail.

Ale is a dark-colored bitter alcohol similar to beer.

For e.g. He prefers half glass of ale before his meals.