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Seasoning vs Cooking - What's the difference?

seasoning | cooking |

As nouns the difference between seasoning and cooking

is that seasoning is (cooking) something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as a condiment, herb or spice while cooking is the process of preparing food by using heat.

As verbs the difference between seasoning and cooking

is that seasoning is while cooking is .

As an adjective cooking is

(informal) in progress, happening.

seasoning

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as a condiment, herb or spice.
  • A coat of burnt soot inside a cooking vessel, which has formed over repeated use, and which renders the surface non sticking.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)

    • cooking

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) In progress, happening.
    • The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking .

    Noun

  • The process of preparing food by using heat.
  • (by extension) The process of preparing food.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
  • (by extension) The result of that process, a meal.
  • * I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
  • The style or genre of food preparation; cookery.

    • Synonyms

    (style or genre of food preparation) cuisine

    Verb

    (head)