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 * In North America, a biscuit is a small, soft baked bread similar to a scone but not sweet. In some cases, it can be hard (see ). In the United Kingdom, a biscuit is a small, crisp or firm, sweet baked good &mdash; the sort of thing which in North America is called a cookie. (Less frequently, British speakers refer to as biscuits.) In North America, even small, layered baked sweets like  are referred to as cookies, while in the UK, typically only those biscuits which have chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, or other things baked into them are also called cookies.
 * Throughout the English-speaking world, thin, crispy, salty or savoury baked breads like in this image (saltine crackers) are called crackers, while thin, crispy, sweet baked goods like in this image (Nilla Wafers) and this image (wafer sticks) are wafers.
 * Both the US and the UK distinguish crackers, wafers and cookies/biscuits from : the former are generally hard or crisp and become soft when stale, while the latter is generally soft or moist and becomes hard when stale.