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Cooking vs Dishes - What's the difference?

cooking | dishes |

As nouns the difference between cooking and dishes

is that cooking is the process of preparing food by using heat while dishes is .

As verbs the difference between cooking and dishes

is that cooking is while dishes is (dish).

As an adjective cooking

is (informal) in progress, happening.

cooking

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (informal) In progress, happening.
    • The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking .

    Noun

  • The process of preparing food by using heat.
  • (by extension) The process of preparing food.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
  • (by extension) The result of that process, a meal.
  • * I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
  • The style or genre of food preparation; cookery.

    • Synonyms

    (style or genre of food preparation) cuisine

    Verb

    (head)

    • dishes

    English

    (wikipedia dishes)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly) Dishwashing
    • After dinner they had to do the dishes .

    Synonyms

    * dishware

    Derived terms

    * dishwashing * do the dishes

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dish)

    • Anagrams

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