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Baking vs Steaming - What's the difference?

baking | steaming |

As verbs the difference between baking and steaming

is that baking is present participle of lang=en while steaming is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between baking and steaming

is that baking is intended for use in baking while steaming is giving off steam.

As nouns the difference between baking and steaming

is that baking is an action in which something is baked while steaming is the action of steam on something.

baking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Intended for use in baking.
    • Here is a baking tray for the cookies.
  • (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot.
    • I'm baking - could you open the window?

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An action in which something is baked
    • I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Harriet Jacobs (AKA Linda Brent), title=Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings , assisted by her two oldest children. }}
  • The way in which something is baked
  • * {{quote-book, year=1871, author=Ledyard Bill, title=Minnesota; Its Character and Climate, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Captain R. F. Scott, title=Scott's Last Expedition Volume I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. }}

    Derived terms

    * baking hot * baking tin * baking tray

    steaming

    English

    (wikipedia steaming)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of steam on something.
  • The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
  • (UK, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Giving off steam
  • Extremely drunk
  • Very angry

    • Synonyms

    * (giving off steam) steamy

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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