Cooking vs Fry - What's the difference?
cooking | fry |
(informal) In progress, happening.
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 (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.
To cook (something) in hot fat.
To cook in hot fat.
(colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
(informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
(informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
(usually in plural'' fries ) (''mainly Canada and US ) A fried potato.
(Ireland, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
Young fish; fishlings.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children ).
The spawn of frogs.
As an adjective cooking
is (informal) in progress, happening.As a noun cooking
is the process of preparing food by using heat.As a verb cooking
is .As a proper noun fry is
.cooking
English
Adjective
(-)- The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking .
Noun
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Synonyms
(style or genre of food preparation) cuisineVerb
(head)fry
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frien, from (etyl) frire, from (etyl)Verb
(en-verb)- You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
- He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
- If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fried * frying * have other fish to fryNoun
(fries)- to be in a fry
Synonyms
* (fried potato''): chip (''Australia, New Zealand, UK ), fried potato * (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc ): fry-upEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(fries)- it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie ; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.