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Grilled vs Seared - What's the difference?

grilled | seared |

As verbs the difference between grilled and seared

is that grilled is past tense of grill while seared is past tense of sear.

As adjectives the difference between grilled and seared

is that grilled is cooked on a grill while seared is blackened by heat; scorched; burned.

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 , RenĂ© A Bravmann, African Islam?
    • High up, at second-storey level, are small openings cut into the wall and filled with shuttered, grilled windows...

    seared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sear)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • blackened by heat; scorched; burned

    • Derived terms

    * searedness

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