whats the difference between a sift and a sieve?

Answer 1

To sift is to pass a substance such as flour through a seive, sifting is the action

Answer 2

A sieve is an instrument or kitchen utensil for separating the coarser from the finer parts of loose matter, food stuff, or just to drain off liquid. You sift sugar, flour to pass or fall through a sieve.
To add interest, a sieve is also used to describe a person who tells all he knows and can't keep a secret.

Answer 3

You sift with a sieve. You cant sieve with a sift but if you do then swiftly sieve thru the sift, however if you see the seiving work with a sift then i see i'm wrong. Please also see you cannot sieve with a sieve nor sift with a sift no matter how swift you sift. I hope my point is clear.

Answer 4

Nothing really. Some may argue that a sift has bigger holes than a sieve, but they both do the same thing.

Answer 5

Sift is the verb and sieve is the noun.
A sieve.
To sift (the act of sieving).

Answer 6

a sifter has fine mesh wire in the bottom.. some has a thing in the handle that can be squeezed to sift, others also has a smaller handle or crank that can be turned to do the sifting.

A sifter is made to sift dry ingredients as flour or corn meal.
DO NOT GET YOUR SIFTER WET OR PUT IT IN WATER OR YOU WILL HAVE TO GET A NEW ONE.



A sieve is a strainer or colander that foods that has liquid in them to separate the food from the liquid or strain juices.
[example: you can put a few tomatoes in a colander and mash the tomatoes, the tomato pulp will stay in the strainer and the juice will go in the pan you have under the strainer

Answer 7

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Betti, similar uses, but a sieve is a finer mesh, for sifting, or straining sauces. A strainer however, also known as a colander is for straining things like pastas, potatoes, vegetables etc.

Answer 8

you use a sieve to sift

Answer 9

sifting is the action ( verb ) sieve is the object ( noun )

Answer 10

A sift has larger holes in it I think.