They are the same. A "bulb" of garlic is a collection of "buttons" or "cloves". One clove, is one of the many "buttons" also known as "cloves" which make up the "head" or "bulb" of garlic.
This is one of the many reasons that the English language is the most difficult language, in the world, to learn. We have so many ways of saying the EXACT same THING! I thank God, that I was raised speaking English, because I don't think that I could learn this language, today! ;-D
Half a clove of Garlic
The answer to what is a garlic clove is that it is either 1 section of a garlic bulb.
Very simple answer. A pod is made up of many cloves, not the other way around. On a typical, small, pod you'll find about 12-20 cloves of varying sizes.
No, the tooth of garlic is the individual slice of a clove of garlic.
*How to bruise a garlic clove: Place your knife flat on top of the garlic clove and whack it so that the garlic is a bit mooshed but ideally, still in one piece.
The collective nouns for garlic are a bulb of garlic or a rope of garlic.
1/4 tsp. of garlic powder equals one garlic clove per ths.gardenweb.com
There are 4 calories in one clove of garlic.
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1/8 tsp garlic powder = 1 clove
A clove of garlic is a single "wedge-shaped" section of the entire white "bulb" of the garlic.
Granulated granulated garlic is not the same as garlic salt. Granulated garlic is just garlic that has been dried, processed and granulated. Garlic salt is processed , dried garlic mixed with sea salt or other salts.