Difference between Wafer and Waffle

What is the difference between Wafer and Waffle?

Wafer as a noun is a light, thin, flat biscuit. while Waffle as a noun is a flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.

Wafer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A light, thin, flat biscuit. A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters. A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

Waffle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.A Potato waffle, a savory flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To speak or write waffle.To vacillate.Police slang meaning to slam on the brakes suddenly and violently causing the rider in the rear seat to slam up against the grating separating the back from the front seat. This grating typically will have a "waffle" pattern. This may be done to encourage proper behavior from an occupant of the rear seat who is "acting up".To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.The side to side motion made by birds to lose altitude before they land.

Example sentence: As glamorous as WWE may seem, you're probably eating at a Waffle House at 1 in the morning, and you're probably going to see the Ring of Honor guys there, too.

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