Marinated vs Macerated - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between marinated and macerated

is that marinated is past tense of marinate while macerated is past tense of macerate.

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(marinate)

To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.

You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.

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(macerate)

(macerat)

To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.

(obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.

(obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.

(en noun)

A macerated substance.

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