What's the difference between barm and muffin?

Barm


Definition:

  • (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
  • (n.) The lap or bosom.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
  • (2) 8.51pm BST Cardinals 0 - Pirates 0, bottom of the 3rd Barmes pops out to second.
  • (3) Mercer stays in the game and replaces Barmes at shortstop for Pittsburgh.
  • (4) 1.14am BST Reds 0 - Pirates 0, top of 1st Ryan Ludwick is up next, and the Reds left fielder hits a soft grounder to shortstop where Clint Barmes is there to fire over to first base for the second out.
  • (5) Descalso is next - he bounces to Walker at second, he tosses to Barmes who steps o the bag to get one, then he fires over to first for the doub....wait, no, for the error!
  • (6) TBS busts out the Barmes deer meat story, one of my favorites - he once broke his collar bone in Colorado carrying venison down some stairs.
  • (7) Clint Barmes laces one down the third base line but Freese dives to his right to make a GREAT CATCH!
  • (8) Then Barmes and Gomez go down on strikes - the seventh Pirate to do so in just five innings.
  • (9) 8.56pm BST Cardinals 0 - Pirates 0, top of the 4th Matt Holliday beats out a Barmes throw to avoid a double play, but Beltran is out on second for a fielder's choice.
  • (10) 1.50am BST Pirates 2 - Reds 0, top of 3rd Clint Barmes makes another strong play, on the run at shortstop, to retire Zack Cozart.
  • (11) Russell Martin pops out to center field before Clint Barmes lines a single towards Ryan Ludwick in left field.
  • (12) 3.52am BST Pirates 6 - Reds 1, bottom of 7th Clint Barmes grounds out to short before Clint Hurdle lifts Francisco Liriano for a pinch hitter, Travis Snider.
  • (13) Morton gets Yadier Molina, because you can't have a postseason game without a Molina these days it seems, to ground out to Barmes.
  • (14) He turns and fires to Barmes at the bag to get the force and retire Jay for the first out of the inning.
  • (15) Francisco Liriano lays down a sacrifice bunt to move Barmes over to second base leaving a two out runner on the bases for Starling Marte - he flies out to center.
  • (16) Eccles cake Rag pudding Manchester tart Pie barm Which Greater Manchester borough did Vimto emerge from?
  • (17) Barmes grounds into a force out to end the inning, but one where another precious run goes on the board for Pittsburgh.
  • (18) Yeah, Yadier Molina, who bounces one off the usually reliable Clint Barmes in shortstop.
  • (19) Clint Barmes is most famous for being injured by deer meat.
  • (20) There's a little visit to the mound to try and calm Cueto before Clint Barmes pops to center field for the second out.

Muffin


Definition:

  • (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The net or apparent absorption of nitrogen, magnesium and phosphorus expressed per milligram of intake increased significantly in the oat bran period due to the added content of these nutrients in the oat bran muffins.
  • (2) That was the week when the Bake Off contestants were called on to make dainty biscuits and elaborate gingerbread concoctions, following previous showdowns over who could make the fluffiest muffins and the creamiest custard tarts.
  • (3) A 40-d control period preceded a 32-d experimental period in which subjects consumed four oat bran muffins daily as part of a constant metabolic diet.
  • (4) In the last 24 hours alone I have bought muffins, a second-class single to Colchester, two quality newspapers, a dish of luxury nuts and a garage punk CD called Back to the Grave 9 .
  • (5) Perks for staff on the phones include free packed lunches and chocolate muffins.
  • (6) Twenty minutes, a poppy seed muffin and a burnt tongue later, I was leaving the place.
  • (7) Gently manoeuvre these into greased mini muffin tins and top with 1 tsp filling.
  • (8) Bakery owner Bea Vo, of Bea's of Bloomsbury, who runs four cafes across London, was shocked to discover that "her" invention, the duffin, a cross between a doughnut and a muffin (what was wrong with "muffnut"?
  • (9) In a study to examine the effects of dietary oat bran on serum lipids, subjects who ate two oat bran muffins a day for 28 days showed a 5.3% reduction in serum total cholesterol and an 8.7% reduction in low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol levels, while no changes were noted in subjects consuming wheat or mixed wheat and oat bran muffins.
  • (10) A full-term male infant was born with skin findings suggesting a blueberry muffin appearance.
  • (11) Spoon the mixture into 6 mini silicone loaf pans or 12 muffin cases, and bake for 30-40 minutes, checking after 25.
  • (12) After an eight-week diet period subjects were randomised to receive two muffins per day containing either 60 g of oatbran or the equivalent amount of fibre from wheatbran in a double blind crossover study.
  • (13) This April, there were maybe 100 attendees wedged into wooden theatre seats in a downtown auditorium, holding weak coffee and spongy muffins.
  • (14) Examples ranged from the Elaine Benes-referencing “what about a muffin place that just sold the top” (from @Seinfeld2000) to the banal juxtaposition of “Iowa is home to the world’s largest truck stop” (by @hannahchin) .
  • (15) People always remind me - as if I need reminding about custard gate and the elbowed muffin and things like that.
  • (16) I learned odd things about him: he doesn’t know the plot of Macbeth ; he hasn’t seen Blade Runner and he’s never heard of the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane.
  • (17) Meanwhile, Hampton Creek Foods , founded by 32-year-old entrepreneur Josh Tetrick, is working on a plant-based replacement for egg yolks to go in muffins, mayonnaise and other sauces.
  • (18) At the time of writing, the Daily Telegraph had published 73 articles about the programme since 1 August; supermarket aisles groan with muffin tins and piping bags and cake stands come Bake Off season.
  • (19) The advice is that two to three portions of red meat a week is probably OK and will give you some important nutrients.” Obesity is fuelled mostly by the foods eaten between meals, such as muffins, crisps, cakes and biscuits – all high in fat and made palatable by sugar, said the scientists.
  • (20) Line the holes in the muffin tray with the 20cm rounds, pressing them gently over the base and up the sides without stretching the dough.

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