Croissant vs. Bagel

Croissantnoun

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

Croissantnoun

very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll

Croissantnoun

a French crescent-shaped roll made of sweet flaky yeast dough, eaten for breakfast.

Croissant

A croissant (UK: , US: , French: [kʁwasɑ̃] (listen)) is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian origin, but mostly associated with France. Croissants are named for its historical crescent shape and, like other viennoiserie, are made of a layered yeast-leavened dough.

Bagelnoun

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Bagelnoun

A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).

Bagelnoun

An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Bagelverb

(tennis) Achieve a score of 6-0 in a tennis set.

Bagelverb

(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

Bagelnoun

a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust.

Bagelnoun

(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust

Bagel

A bagel (Yiddish: בײגל‎ beygl; Polish: bajgiel), also historically spelled beigel, is a bread product originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. It is traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, that is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked.