Crescent vs. Croissant

Main Difference

The main difference between Crescent and Croissant is that the Crescent is a oblique phases of illuminated astronomical body; shape of a circular disc with a segment of another circle removed from the edge and Croissant is a French pastry.

• Crescent

  A crescent shape (, British English also ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the “sickle moon”), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.

  It is used as the astrological symbol for the Moon, and hence as the alchemical symbol for silver. It was also the emblem of Diana/Artemis, and hence represented virginity. In Roman Catholic Marian veneration, it is associated with the Virgin Mary.

  From its use as roof finial in Ottoman era mosques, it has also become associated with Islam, and the crescent was introduced as chaplain badge for Muslim chaplains in the US military in 1993.

• Croissant

  A croissant (UK: ; US: , ; French pronunciation: [kʁwa.sɑ̃] (listen)) is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian origin, named for its historical crescent shape. Croissants and other viennoiserie are made of a layered yeast-leavened dough. The dough is layered with butter, rolled and folded several times in succession, then rolled into a sheet, in a technique called laminating. The process results in a layered, flaky texture, similar to a puff pastry.

  Crescent-shaped breads have been made since the Renaissance, and crescent-shaped cakes possibly since antiquity. Croissants have long been a staple of Austrian and French bakeries and pâtisseries. In the late 1970s, the development of factory-made, frozen, pre-formed but unbaked dough made them into a fast food which can be freshly baked by unskilled labor. The croissanterie was explicitly a French response to American-style fast food, and as of 2008 30–40% of the croissants sold in French bakeries and patisseries were baked from frozen dough.Croissants are a common part of a continental breakfast in France.