Difference between Comminute and Mash

What is the difference between Comminute and Mash?

Comminute as a verb is to pulverize; to smash. while Mash as a verb is to convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. specifically (brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.

Comminute

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pulverize; to smash. (injury) To cause fragmentation of bone, an intense skull fracture. To break into smaller portions.

Mash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A meshA mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.In brewing, ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.Mashed potatoes.A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.A mess; trouble — Francis Beaumont & John Fletcheran infatuation, a crush, a fancya dandy, a masherthe object of one’s affections

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.To press down hard (on).to press.to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances

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