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Grill vs Cooker - What's the difference?

grill | cooker |

As nouns the difference between grill and cooker

is that grill is grill while cooker is (chiefly|british) a device for heating food.

grill

English

(wikipedia grill)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (transitive, Scotland, US) To make angry; provoke.
  • (transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To terrify; make tremble.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To tremble; shiver.
  • (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To snarl; snap.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gril, .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • harsh, rough, severe; cruel

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • harm

    • Etymology 3

    1655, from (etyl) gril, from (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    (wikipedia) * grille

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  • *
    • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  • A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
  • (lb) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  • The front teeth regarded collectively.
  • Food cooked on a grill.
  • Humorous misspelling of
    • Derived terms
    * mixed grill * grilling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook food on a grill; to barbecue.
    • Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
  • (Australian, NZ, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
  • (colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
    • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    cooker

    English

    (wikipedia cooker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) A device for heating food
  • (chiefly, British, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
  • A cooking apple.
  • * 2004 , Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain (page 94)
    • For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers .

    Synonyms

    * stove

    Derived terms

    * AGA cooker * electric cooker * gas cooker * multicooker * pressure cooker * slow cooker

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