Zest vs. Peel
Difference Between Zest and Peel
Zestnoun
Flavor or piquancy
a spice that lends zest to the sauce.Peelnoun
The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.
Zestnoun
Interest or excitement
"A spiral staircase always adds zest to a setting" (P. J. O'Rourke).Peelnoun
A chemical peel.
Zestnoun
The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring
added a pinch of grated zest.Peelnoun
A long-handled, shovellike tool used by bakers to move bread or pastries into and out of an oven.
Zestnoun
Spirited enjoyment; gusto
"At 53 he retains all the heady zest of adolescence" (Kenneth Tynan).Peelnoun
(Printing) A T-shaped pole used for hanging up freshly printed sheets of paper to dry.
Zestverb
To remove small pieces from (a rind from a citrus fruit) for use as a flavoring in cooking
zested the lemon.Peelnoun
A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 1500s.
Zestnoun
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.Peelverb
To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.
Zestnoun
General vibrance of flavour.
I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.Peelverb
To strip away; pull off
peeled the label from the jar.Zestnoun
(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
Peelverb
To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.
Zestnoun
(rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
Peelverb
To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint
Her sunburned skin began to peel.Zestverb
(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
Peelverb
(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.Zestverb
To make more zesty.
Peelverb
(transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.Zestnoun
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
Peelverb
(intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.Zestnoun
a tart spiciness
Peelverb
(intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.Zestverb
add herbs or spices to
Peelverb
(intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.Peelverb
(curling) To play a peel shot.
Peelverb
(croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
Peelverb
misspelling of peal|nodot=1: to sound loudly.
Peelverb
To plunder; to pillage, rob.
Peelnoun
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
Peelnoun
The action of peeling away from a formation.
Peelnoun
(countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
Peelnoun
(obsolete) A stake.
Peelnoun
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
Peelnoun
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
Peelnoun
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
Peelnoun
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
Peelnoun
The blade of an oar.
Peelnoun
An equal or match; a draw.
Peelnoun
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
Peelnoun
the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
Peelnoun
British politician (1788-1850)
Peelnoun
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Peelverb
strip the skin off;
pare applesPeelverb
come off in flakes or thin small pieces;
The paint in my house is peeling offPeelverb
get undressed;
please don't undress in front of everybody!She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
