What is the difference between sift and sieve?

Answer 1

STRAIN - separate solid from liquid

to pour food, etc. through something with very small holes in it, for example a SIEVE, in order to separate the solid part from the liquid part.

SIFT

to remove something that you do not want from a substance by putting it through a SIEVE:

E.g.: Put the flour through a sieve to sift out the lumps.

SIEVE

a tool for separating solids from liquids or larger solids from smaller solids, made of a wire or plastic net attached to a ring.