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Whore vs Cook - What's the difference?

whore | cook |

As nouns the difference between whore and cook

is that whore is a prostitute while cook is a person who prepares food for a living.

As verbs the difference between whore and cook

is that whore is to prostitute oneself while cook is to prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

As a proper noun Cook is

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whore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (vulgar) A prostitute.
  • (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
    • So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
  • (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
  • (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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  • (vulgar) A contemptible person.
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  • (obsolete) A mistress or wife.
  • * c. 1606 , , Act 1 Scene 2
    • The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .

    Derived terms

    * he-whore * whoredom * whorehouse * whoreish * whorelike * whorely * whoremonger

    Synonyms

    * (prostitute) See also * (promiscuous woman) See also

    Verb

    (whor)
  • (vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
  • (vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
  • (vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false gods.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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    • See also

    * attention whore * concubine * cute hoor (Hiberno-English) * graphics whore * hooker * harlot * stat whore * whore out * whorey * whorish, whoreish * AIDS whore, crackwhore

    Anagrams

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    cook

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) coken, from the noun.

    Noun

    (wikipedia cook) (en noun)
  • (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
  • (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
  • (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
    • Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
  • * Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact
    • By late October, the pressure on the Dark Arrows' ecstasy cook had eased. Other suppliers had moved in with product.
  • * 2011 , Mackenzie Phillips, High on Arrival
    • Owsley Stanley was a pioneer LSD cook , and the Purple Owsley pill from his now-defunct lab was Dad's prized possession, a rare, potent, druggie collector's item, the alleged inspiration for the Hendrix song “Purple Haze.”
  • A fish, the European striped wrasse.
    • Synonyms
    * (food preparation for a living) chef
    Hyponyms
    * (food preparation for a living) cordon bleu
    Coordinate terms
    (food preparation for a living) * sous-chef * line cook * prep cook * chef (head cook of a manor house) * scullery maid * kitchen maid
    Derived terms
    * cookbook * cookery * cooking * cook the books * cook up * cookware

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
    • I'm cooking bangers and mash.
  • To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
    • He's in the kitchen, cooking .
  • To be being cooked.
    • The dinner is cooking on the stove.
  • (figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
    • Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
  • (slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
    • ''I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
  • To concoct or prepare.
  • * 2006 , Frank Spalding, Methamphetamine: The Dangers of Crystal Meth (page 47)
    • The process of cooking meth can leave residue on surfaces all over the home, exposing all of its occupants to the drug.
  • To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
  • * Addison
    • They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different.
    Synonyms
    * (to be uncomfortably hot) bake, stew * (hold on to a grenade) cook off
    Hypernyms
    * (to prepare or plan something) concoct, contrive, devise, make up, plan, prepare
    Hyponyms
    * Troponyms : bake, barbecue, boil, braise, fry, grill, microwave, poach, roast, scramble, steam, stew * See also

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, rare) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
  • * 1599 , The Silkworms
    • Constant cuckoos cook on every side.

    Etymology 3

    Unknown.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To throw.
  • * Grose
    • Cook me that ball.
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