The difference between Banana and Matoke
When used as nouns, banana means especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the cavendish banana cultivar, whereas matoke means mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in uganda.
Banana is also adjective with the meaning: curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
check bellow for the other definitions of Banana and Matoke
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Banana as a noun (North America, UK, Ireland):
An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. Especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar.
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Banana as a noun:
The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
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Banana as a noun (uncountable):
A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
Examples:
"color paneFFE135"
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Banana as a noun (mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur):
A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare or .
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Banana as a noun (nuclear physics):
A banana equivalent dose.
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Banana as a noun (colloquial):
A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
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Banana as an adjective:
Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
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Matoke as a noun:
Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda.