The difference between Jello and Jelly

When used as nouns, jello means a dessert made by boiling flavoured gelatin in water, whereas jelly means a dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "" in north america.


Jelly is also verb with the meaning: to wiggle like jelly.

Jelly is also adjective with the meaning: jealous.

check bellow for the other definitions of Jello and Jelly

  1. Jello as a noun (North America):

    A dessert made by boiling flavoured gelatin in water

  1. Jelly as a noun (New Zealand, Australia, British):

    A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "" in North America.

  2. Jelly as a noun (North America):

    A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Known as "jam" in Commonwealth English.

  3. Jelly as a noun:

    A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

  4. Jelly as a noun:

    Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly.

    Examples:

    "calf's-foot jelly"

  5. Jelly as a noun (zoology):

    A jellyfish.

  6. Jelly as a noun (slang, now, rare):

    A pretty girl; a girlfriend.

  7. Jelly as a noun (US, slang):

    A large backside, especially a woman's.

  8. Jelly as a noun (colloquial):

  9. Jelly as a noun (colloquial):

    A jelly shoe.

  10. Jelly as a noun (colloquial, US):

    Blood.

  1. Jelly as a verb:

    To wiggle like jelly.

  2. Jelly as a verb:

    To make jelly.

  1. Jelly as an adjective (slang):

    Jealous.

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