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Cauldron vs Kettle - What's the difference?

cauldron | kettle |

Kettle is a synonym of cauldron.



As nouns the difference between cauldron and kettle

is that cauldron is a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame while kettle is a vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. Category:en:Cookware and bakeware.

As a verb kettle is

to contain demonstrators in a confined area.

cauldron

English

Alternative forms

* caldron

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
  • * 1623 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act IV, Scene I:
    • Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
  • * 1997 , J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Raincoast Books, ISBN 9781551923963, page 102:
  • * 2004 , Carl Neal, The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools , Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC (2004), ISBN 9781578633241, unnumbered page:
    • Large cauldrons are a little tricky to locate, but are well worth the search if you have a place to safely store and use one.
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    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    kettle

    English

    (wikipedia kettle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
    • To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
    There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
  • The quantity held by a kettle.
  • (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
    • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
  • (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  • (Raptors) (ornithology) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  • * 2006 , Keith L. Bildstein, Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation - Page 76 :
    • The term kettle refers to a group of raptors wheeling or circling in a thermal.
  • * 2010 , Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Raptors of New Mexico :
    • Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together.
  • (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
  • (musical instruments) A kettledrum.

    • Usage notes

    In most varieties of English outside the United States (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.

    Derived terms

    * kettle of fish * teakettle or tea kettle

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (kettl)
  • (British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
  • * 2009 , John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling , Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:
    • ... to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling , is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

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