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Undercooked vs Uncooked - What's the difference?

undercooked | uncooked |

As adjectives the difference between undercooked and uncooked

is that undercooked is insufficiently cooked while uncooked is raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked.

As a verb uncooked is

past tense of uncook.

undercooked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • insufficiently cooked
  • not overcooked

    • Synonyms

    * (insufficiently cooked) underdone

    uncooked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (uncook)