The difference between Biscuit and Cookie

Biscuit as a noun (chiefly, UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ, rare in the US):

A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.

Biscuit as a noun (chiefly, North America):

A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

Biscuit as a noun (UK):

A cracker.

Biscuit as a noun (nautical):

The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.

Biscuit as a noun:

A form of unglazed earthenware.

Biscuit as a noun:

A light brown colour.

Biscuit as a noun (woodworking):

A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

Biscuit as a noun (US, slang):

A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

Biscuit as a noun (US, slang, hiphop):

A handgun, especially a revolver.

Biscuit as a noun (ice hockey):

A hockey puck.

Cookie as a noun (North America):

A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

Cookie as a noun (UK):

A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which (usually) has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it.

Cookie as a noun (Scotland):

A bun.

Cookie as a noun (computing, internet):

An , web cookie.

Cookie as a noun (computing):

A .

Cookie as a noun (dated, possibly, _, offensive):

A young, attractive woman.

Cookie as a noun (slang, vulgar):

The female genitalia.

Cookie as a verb (computing, transitive):

To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).

Cookie as a noun (dated, colloquial):

Cookie as a noun (slang):

A cucoloris.