icing vs frosting

icing

Definitions

noun

  1. (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
  2. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
  3. the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Examples

She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.

Revenge is a by-the-book sequel, crowbarring in all of the memorable features of the first movie, spicing them up with even more ludicrous ultra violence and adding a few new twists to the tale.

The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots.

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frosting

Definitions

noun

  1. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

Examples

I put the "eye candy" on top of that and then used a store-bought gel decorator frosting to do the "bloodshot" effect.

Care and skill in the use of dyes can produce products that resist bleeding, crocking, frosting, and discoloration.

Cassata cake, sometimes called cannoli cake in the U.S., combines layers of sponge cake with a chocolate - and fruit-studded filling, all covered with a thick frosting and garnished with candy or fruit.

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