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Baker vs Chef - What's the difference?

baker | chef |

As nouns the difference between baker and chef

is that baker is copper (copper coin) while chef is boss.

baker

English

(wikipedia baker)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
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  • A portable oven for baking.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * baker foot * baker's * baker's dozen * baker's itch * baker's salt * * bakery * sergeant baker

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns ----

    chef

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household
  • *<1845 , R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning'' in ''Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
  • *:The Chef' s peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
  • The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment
  • *1849 , Thackeray, Pendennis (1850), I. xxviii. 266
  • *:The angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
  • Any cook
  • *Kiss the chef

    • Usage notes

    When used in reference to a cook with no sous-chefs or other workers beneath him, the term is connotes a certain degree of prestige—whether culinary education or ability—distinguishing the chef from a “cook”. As a borrowing, chef was originally italicized, but such treatment is now obsolete.

    Synonyms

    * (head cook) cook

    References

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