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Bake vs Blake - What's the difference?

bake | blake |

As verbs the difference between bake and blake

is that bake is to cook (something) in an oven while blake is become {{l/en|pale}}.

As a noun bake

is any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.

As an adjective blake is

pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

As a proper noun Blake is

{{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, derived from black (dark haired), or from Old English blac, pale or fair.

bake

English

Verb

(bak)
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To cook (something) in an oven.
  • I baked a delicious cherry pie.
    She's been baking all day to prepare for the dinner.
  • To dry by heat.
  • To prepare food by baking it.
  • To be baked to heating or drying.
  • The clay baked in the sun.
  • (figuratively) To be hot.
  • It is baking in the greenhouse.
    I'm baking after that workout in the gym.
  • (slang) To smoke marijuana.
  • To harden by cold.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • The earth is baked with frost.
  • * Spenser:
  • They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.

    Usage notes

    In the dialects of northern England, the simple past book'' and past participle ''baken are sometimes encountered.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * baked * bake-off * baking * in a bake * half-baked

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, NZ) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
  • * 2009 , Rosalind Peters, Kate Pankhurst, Clive Boursnell, Midnight Feast Magic: Sleepover Fun and Food
  • If you happen to have small, heat-proof glass or ceramic pots in your kitchen (known as ramekins) then you can make this very easy pasta bake in fun-size, individual portions.
  • The act of cooking food by baking.
  • Anagrams

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    blake

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) blak, .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.
  • Etymology 2

    From the (etyl) .

    Verb

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