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Saucer vs Saucier - What's the difference?

saucer | saucier |

As nouns the difference between saucer and saucier

is that saucer is a small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips while saucier is in a large professional kitchen, a cook responsible for preparing sauces and for sauteing foods on demand.

As a verb saucer

is to pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

As an adjective saucier is

comparative of saucy.

saucer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  • An object round and gently curved (shaped like a saucer).
    • The saucer -shaped object could have been a UFO.
  • (obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  • A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

    • Related terms

    * flying saucer * sauce * saucer eyes

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    saucier

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (saucy)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In a large professional kitchen, a cook responsible for preparing sauces and for sauteing foods on demand.
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