Difference between Jelly and Gelatin

What is the difference between Jelly and Gelatin?

Jelly as a noun is a dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set while Gelatin as a noun is a protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.

Jelly

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wiggle like jelly. To make jelly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set a sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin Jam that has been sieved to remove pieces of fruit before being allowed to set. Short for jellyfish. A large backside, especially a woman's. Short for gelignite. A jelly shoe.

Example sentence: I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.

Gelatin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.

We hope you now know whether to use Jelly or Gelatin in your sentence.

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