Steam vs Poach - What's the difference?

Poach is a hyponym of steam.

In obsolete terms the difference between steam and poach

is that steam is to exhale while poach is to begin and not complete.

In transitive terms the difference between steam and poach

is that steam is to expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing while poach is to cook something in simmering water.

In intransitive terms the difference between steam and poach

is that steam is to travel by means of steam power while poach is to be cooked in simmering water.

As verbs the difference between steam and poach

is that steam is to cook with steam while poach is to cook something in simmering water.

As a noun steam

is the vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.

As an adjective steam

is old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

As an initialism STEAM

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steam

English

(wikipedia steam)

Noun

(-)

The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.

Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.

(figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.

After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam .

(figuratively) Pent-up anger.

Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam .

A steam-powered vehicle.

Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.

(obsolete) Any exhalation.

* Milton

a steam of rich, distilled perfumes

Synonyms

* (a steam-powered vehicle) steamer

Derived terms

* blow off steam * build up steam * steam bath * steamboat * steam boiler * steam condenser * steam distillation * steam engine * steam hammer * steam heater * steam iron * steam locomotive * steam power * steam-powered * steam railroad * steamroller * steamship * steam shovel * steam train * steam turbine * run out of steam * under one's own steam

Verb

(en verb)

(cooking) To cook with steam.

To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.

to steam wood or cloth

To produce or vent steam.

* Dryden

My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, / O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air.

To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.

* Boyle

The dissolved amber steamed away into the air.

(figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.

(figuratively) To make angry.

It really steams me to see her treat him like that.

To be covered with condensed water vapor.

With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.

To travel by means of steam power.

We steamed around the Mediterranean.

* N. P. Willis

The vessel steamed out of port.

(figuratively, or, literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.

If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.

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, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=That was the hard work largely done as the Ivorian waited for Malouda to steam into the box before releasing a simple crossed pass which the Frenchman side-footed home with aplomb. }}

(obsolete) To exhale.

(Spenser)

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* steamer * steaming

Adjective

(-)

Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

Anagrams

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poach

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(es)

To cook something in simmering water.

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To be cooked in simmering water

* Francis Bacon

The white of an egg with spirit of wine, doth bake the egg into clots, as if it began to poach .

To become soft or muddy.

* Mortimer

Chalky and clay lands chap in summer, and poach in winter.

To make soft or muddy.

Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.

(Tennyson)

(obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.

(Carew)

(obsolete) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.

* Sir W. Temple

his horse poaching one of his legs into some hollow ground

(obsolete) To begin and not complete.

(Francis Bacon)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(es)

(intransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

(intransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.

(intransitive) To cause an employee or customer to switch from a competing company to your own company.

Derived terms

* poachable * unpoached