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Cookbook vs Handbook - What's the difference?

cookbook | handbook |

As nouns the difference between cookbook and handbook

is that cookbook is a book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips while handbook is a topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

cookbook

English

(wikipedia cookbook)

Alternative forms

* cook book

Noun

(en noun)
  • A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

    • Synonyms

    * cookery book * recipe book

    handbook

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia handbook) (en noun)
  • A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

    • Coordinate terms

    * manual