Difference between Cooking and Cookery

What is the difference between Cooking and Cookery?

Cooking as a noun is the process of preparing food by using heat while Cookery as a noun is the art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking

Cooking

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In progress, happening.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process of preparing food by using heat The style or genre of food preparation; cookery

Example sentence: I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

Cookery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking

We hope you now know whether to use Cooking or Cookery in your sentence.

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