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Reuben vs Hamburger - What's the difference?

reuben | hamburger |

As nouns the difference between reuben and hamburger

is that reuben is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and either russian dressing or thousand island dressing while hamburger is a person from hamburg.

As a proper noun reuben

is (biblical) first son of jacob, by his wife leah.

reuben

English

Alternative forms

* Ruben * Rubin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.
  • A male given name.
  • Quotations

    * 1611 — 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben , Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 — 13:15 *: And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

    Derived terms

    * Reubenite

    See also

    * * (Reuben sandwich)

    hamburger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
  • The patty used in such a sandwich.
  • (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  • (colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
  • The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger .
    I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

    Synonyms

    * (sandwich) beefburger * (patty) hamburger patty

    Hypernyms

    * (sandwich) burger

    Hyponyms

    (sense) * slider * quarter-pounder * cheeseburger

    Coordinate terms

    (sense) * chicken burger * fish burger * lamb burger * pork burger * vegeburger * soyburger

    Derived terms

    * burger * cheeseburger * hamburgerology * vegeburger * soyburger * gardenburger