What's the difference between gallimaufry and ragout?

Gallimaufry


Definition:

  • (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
  • (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Which brings us back to Trump’s victory speech in Nevada, which was his usual gallimaufry of disconnected thoughts.
  • (2) Nonetheless, Late Night Line-up represented a kind of creative freedom: “I mean people wanted opportunities to be creative, and we wanted television to be better, we wanted the standards to be high, we wanted ideas to circulate.” Mixing the serious and the silly At its best, the important thing about the BBC has always been its cultural heterogeneity; the fact that it is a cheerful gallimaufry of the high and the low, the serious and the silly.

Ragout


Definition:

  • (n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A classic ragout is made with meat that has been minced but I also like it cut into very small dice, giving the sauce more body.
  • (2) To serve, boil 300g of tagliatelle or pappardelle, drain and toss with the ragout.
  • (3) NSA ragout 4 Photograph: Guardian Optic Nerve, the documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden show, began as a prototype in 2008 and was still active in 2012, according to an internal GCHQ wiki page accessed that year.
  • (4) Global Times - Ragout Photograph: Global Times The official spokesman for the prime minister, David Cameron, sought to shrug off the significance of the article, telling a Westminster media briefing: "I read in the Times of London Premier Li's article when he said this was a great nation.
  • (5) So large cuttlefish and octopus are happiest when slow-roasted or stewed – and if that involves red wine and hard herbs, the result is tender, robust and meaty all at once: a knockout ragout with a fishy twist.
  • (6) NSA ragout 3 Photograph: Guardian Programs like Optic Nerve, which collect information in bulk from largely anonymous user IDs, are unable to filter out information from UK or US citizens.
  • (7) Citrus veal ragout This is warming, comforting winter food, but the lime, grapefruit and orange make it brighter and fresher than your average stew.
  • (8) Tell us via GuardianWitness Your stories of shopping for local and convenience produce and what's in your last meal Beef Ragout & Mashed Potato I've just eaten my dinner.
  • (9) NSA ragout 2 Photograph: Guardian Once collected, the metadata associated with the videos can be as valuable to the intelligence agencies as the images themselves.
  • (10) And a richly flavoured ragout is often more interesting made with cubes of meat rather than the more usual mince.
  • (11) NSA ragout 1 Photograph: Guardian GCHQ did not make any specific attempts to prevent the collection or storage of explicit images, the documents suggest, but did eventually compromise by excluding images in which software had not detected any faces from search results – a bid to prevent many of the lewd shots being seen by analysts.
  • (12) Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for Observer Food Monthly Skirt, a long, flat piece of meat from the belly of the animal, is good for braising or for ragout.

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