As nouns the difference between cookware and crockery
is that cookware is the assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking while crockery is plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.
cookware
English
(Cookware and bakeware)
Noun
(en-noun)
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
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crockery
English
Noun
Plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.
Crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils.
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References
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology)
* Oxford English Dictionary.