Difference between Crenate and Scalloped

What is the difference between Crenate and Scalloped?

Crenate as an adjective is having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped. while Scalloped as an adjective is having an edge or border marked with semicircles

Crenate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any salt or ester of crenic acid

Scalloped

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having an edge or border marked with semicirclesbaked in layers of thin slices in a sauce, usually with cheese, as a casserole, e.g. scalloped potatoesbaked in a scallop shell

We hope you now know whether to use Crenate or Scalloped in your sentence.

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