Glaze vs Caramelize - What's the difference?
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(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See (transitive verb).
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
An edible coating applied to food.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
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To become glazed or glassy.
For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
(Cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
(Cooking) To brown sugar by means of heat.
As verbs the difference between glaze and caramelize
is that glaze is to install windows while caramelize is (Cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.As a noun glaze
is the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).glaze
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From Middle English glasen'' ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb ''*glæsan'', or coined in Middle English as a compound of ''glas'' and ''-en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.Verb
(glaz)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]Anagrams
* ----caramelize
English
Verb
- Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.
