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Overcook vs Overdone - What's the difference?

overcook | overdone |

As verbs the difference between overcook and overdone

is that overcook is to cook for too long or at too high a temperature while overdone is past participle of lang=en.

As an adjective overdone is

boiled, baked or roasted too much.

overcook

English

Alternative forms

*over-cook

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
  • overdone

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Boiled, baked or roasted too much.
  • Exaggerated.
  • * 1997 , Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
  • There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.

    Verb

    (head)
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