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Steeping vs Brewing - What's the difference?

steeping | brewing |

As verbs the difference between steeping and brewing

is that steeping is while brewing is .

As nouns the difference between steeping and brewing

is that steeping is the act by which something is steeped while brewing is the production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.

steeping

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is steeped.
  • * 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
  • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings

    brewing

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
  • The business or occupation of a brewer.
  • The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.
  • * 1824 , Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • The four last brewings , in which the quantity of yeast added was smaller than in the six first, took place during the month of May, when the heat is apt to make the fermentation run to excess.
  • The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.
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