Milk vs. Silk — What's the Difference?

Milk (also known in unfermented form as sweet milk) is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals, including breastfed human infants before they are able to digest solid food.

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons.

An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young

A fine lustrous fiber composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms used to make thread and fabric.

Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically

Thread or fabric made from this fiber.

Exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time

A garment made from this fabric.

A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young.

A silky filamentous material spun by a spider or an insect such as a webspinner.

The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans.

A silky filamentous material produced by a plant, such as the styles forming a tuft on an ear of corn.

Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.

Silks The brightly colored identifying garments of a jockey or harness driver.

A liquid resembling milk in consistency, such as milkweed sap or milk of magnesia.

Composed of or similar to the fiber or the fabric silk.

To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).

To develop silk. Used of corn.

To draw or extract a liquid from

A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).

To press out, drain off, or remove (a liquid)

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

To draw out or extract something from

Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.

To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit

The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.

To obtain the greatest possible advantage from (a situation).

(colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.

To get the greatest effect from (a line or scene in a play, for example).

A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.

To yield or supply milk.

The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

To draw milk from a female mammal.

(transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).

(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvæ of Bombyx mori.

A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.

Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

An individual serving of milk.

That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.

An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.

A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Fibers from silkworm cocoons provide threads for knitting

Semen.

(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.

To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.

To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.

A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.

To draw or to yield milk.

To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; - said of a storage battery.

A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

Any of several nutritive milklike liquids

Take milk from female mammals;

Exploit as much as possible;

Add milk to;