Cupcake vs. Muffin

Cupcakenoun

A small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

Cupcakenoun

(slang) An attractive young woman.

Cupcakenoun

(slang) A weak or effeminate man.

Cupcakenoun

(dated) Used as a term of endearment

Cupcakeverb

To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.

Cupcakenoun

small cake baked in a muffin tin

Cupcake

A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun; Australian English: fairy cake or patty cake) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.

Muffinnoun

(British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.

Muffinnoun

(US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.

Muffinnoun

(especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.

Muffinnoun

(computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.

Muffinnoun

(slang) Term of endearment.

Muffinnoun

(sexual slang) A vulva.

Muffinnoun

A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.

Muffinnoun

(slang) A charming, attractive young man. en

Muffinnoun

(dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.

Muffinnoun

A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Muffinnoun

a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

Muffin

A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened) and a cupcake-like quickbread (often sweetened) that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold.