Difference between Leek and Chive
What is the difference between Leek and Chive?
Leek as a noun is the vegetable allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. while Chive as a noun is a plant that is perennial (allium schoenoprasum), related to the onion.
Leek
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Chive
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A plant that is perennial (Allium schoenoprasum), related to the onion.(in plural chives) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
We hope you now know whether to use Leek or Chive in your sentence.
