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Drying vs Roasting - What's the difference?

drying | roasting |

As verbs the difference between drying and roasting

is that drying is present participle of lang=en while roasting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between drying and roasting

is that drying is the act of drying while roasting is the act by which something is roasted.

As an adjective roasting is

very hot.

drying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The act of drying.
  • A method of food preservation by removing water.

    • roasting

    English

    (wikipedia roasting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very hot
    • The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is roasted.
  • * 1885 , Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting (page 15)
    • These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings

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