Difference between Cooking and Preparation

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: If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others - it's the same with music.

Preparation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of preparing or getting readyThat which is preparedA substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared

Example sentence: Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.