Edam vs. Cheddar

Edamnoun

A mild Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; - so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.

Edamnoun

mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering

Cheddarnoun

A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.

Cheddarnoun

(slang) Money, cash, currency.

Cheddarverb

(cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

Cheddaradjective

Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.

Cheddarnoun

hard smooth-textured cheese