Difference between Yeasty and Leaven

What is the difference between Yeasty and Leaven?

Yeasty as an adjective is having or resembling yeast. while Leaven as a noun is any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Yeasty

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having or resembling yeast. Foamy and frothy. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance) Trivial.

Leaven

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To add a leavening agent.To cause to rise by fermentation.To temper an action or decision.

We hope you now know whether to use Yeasty or Leaven in your sentence.

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