The difference between Coddle and Posset
When used as nouns, coddle means an irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions, whereas posset means a beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
When used as verbs, coddle means to treat gently or with great care, whereas posset means to curdle.
check bellow for the other definitions of Coddle and Posset
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Coddle as a verb (transitive):
To treat gently or with great care.
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Coddle as a verb (transitive):
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
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Coddle as a verb (transitive):
To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
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Coddle as a noun:
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
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Coddle as a noun (archaic):
An effeminate person.
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Posset as a noun:
A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
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Posset as a noun:
A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
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Posset as a verb (obsolete):
To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
Examples:
"to posset the blood"
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Posset as a verb:
To treat with possets; to pamper.
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Posset as a verb (of a baby):
To vomit up curdled milk.