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Grilled vs Barred - What's the difference?

grilled | barred |

As verbs the difference between grilled and barred

is that grilled is past tense of grill while barred is past tense of bar.

As adjectives the difference between grilled and barred

is that grilled is cooked on a grill while barred is having bars; striped.

grilled

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (grill)
    • The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.
    She grilled him over his whereabouts the previous night.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cooked on a grill.
  • As if cooked on a grill.
    • After a day in the sun, he looked more grilled than his hamburger.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fitted with a grille.
  • * 1983 , René A Bravmann, African Islam?
    • High up, at second-storey level, are small openings cut into the wall and filled with shuttered, grilled windows...

    barred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having bars; striped.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
  • Prevented.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bar)
    • He barred the door at evening.
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