Main Difference
The main difference between Porridge and Congee is that the Porridge is a food and Congee is a type of rice porridge or gruel popular in many Asian countries
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Porridge
Porridge (also historically spelled porage, porrige, parritch) is a food commonly eaten as a breakfast cereal dish, made by boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants—typically grain—in water or milk. It is often cooked or served with added flavorings such as sugar, honey, fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal or mixed with spices or vegetables to make a savoury dish. It is usually served hot in a bowl.
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Congee
Congee or conjee () is a type of rice porridge or gruel. The word itself is a derivation of the Tamil word கஞ்சி(Kañci; kanji). When eaten as plain rice congee, it is most often served with side dishes. When additional ingredients such as meat, fish, and flavourings are added while preparing the congee, it is most often served as a meal on its own, especially for persons who are ill. Names for congee are as varied as the style of its preparation. Despite its many variations, it is usually a thick porridge of rice largely disintegrated after prolonged cooking in water.
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Porridge (noun)
A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
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Porridge (noun)
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
“Eat your porridge while it’s hot!”
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Porridge (noun)
A prison sentence.
“Just do your porridge and keep your head down.”
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Congee (noun)
Leave, formal permission for some action, :
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Congee (noun)
Formal dismissal; any dismissal; originally & particularly humorously ironic abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
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Congee (noun)
Formal leavetaking; any farewell.
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Congee (noun)
A fee paid to make another go away, alms to a persistent beggar.
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Congee (noun)
A bow, curtsey, or other gesture made at departure but including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
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Congee (noun)
A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
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Congee (verb)
To give congee, particularly
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Congee (verb)
To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
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Congee (verb)
To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
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Congee (verb)
To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., while leaving; to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
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Porridge (noun)
a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk.
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Porridge (noun)
time spent in prison
“I’m sweating it out doing porridge”