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What is the difference between cookware and utensil ?
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2016/09/17
utensil = spoons etc
ware = pots etc
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Utensil- a tool for your hand.
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@PopAsiaWatcher: then untensil is excatly the same as cutlery???
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Cookware- pots and pans
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cutlery is things you eat with specifically.
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2022/01/23
“Cooking utensils” usually refers to cooking tools that you hold in your hand, like knives, spoons, spatulas, etc.
“Cookware” usually refers to pots and pans.
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Cooking utensils
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Cookware
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@Alex_14 Thank you very much!!
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2023/05/03
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Cookware are things you cook with like pots and pans. Utensils are tools you use to prepare and eat food like spoons and knives.
Examples of cookware are frying pans and saucepans.
Examples of utensils are whisks and tongs.
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cookware は料理を作る時に使う器具。
utensil は料理を食べる時に使う器具。
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2018/11/02
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A utensil is a tool or device that you hold in your hand and use in cooking. Spoons, knives, peelers-these are utensils.
Cookware is the containers that go on the stove or in the oven. Pots, pans, skillets-these are cookware.
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@MetRon
I see!! Thank you for your quick answer!!
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Utensils are forks, spoons, and knives. We use utensils to eat with. Cookware means pots and pans. We cook food in pots and pans.
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@KitanoGoorudo Thank you!!
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2018/07/26
utensils are things like forks and spoons, while cookware is stuff you cook with like pots and pans.
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@TGCanada
Thank you very much !!
So, We call an item to eat "utensil"
and an item to cook "cookware"
is it OK ??
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2020/12/08
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A utensil includes mainly tools used for performing an action with your hand, such as forks, spoons, knives, etc.
Cookware includes everything for cooking the food, including containers, such as pots, pans, bowls, etc
"Utensil" is not a word confined to food either. It can be used to refer to laboratory or surgical tools as well, among other things.
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2017/09/07
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"Cookware" refers to objects people use to cook with, and includes pots, pans, bowls, etc. "Utensils" are objects you use to cook or eat, but have designated handles (forks, spoons, chopsticks, knives, spatulas, ladles, etc.)
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@Heron3 I got it! I'm clear(ﾟ∀ﾟ)
Thank you for perfect explanation!
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2022/05/09
Cookware contains utensils, but not all utensils are cookware.
Utensils include: cookware useable by hand, like spatulas, spoons, beaters, rolling pins and knives.
Cookware includes: utensils, and ALSO pots, pans, kettles, colanders, graters, baking sheets, and cutting boards.
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@Doni_G I got it Thank you!
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2021/06/13
Utensils are usually things you use by gripping with your hand, for example a spatula, a whisk, a spoon, a tongs, etc. If you say eating utensils you mean forks, spoons, and knives, or things you grip in your hand to eat with.
Cookware is usually pots, pans, and dishes you use to cook food in.
A mixing spoon is a utensil, while the pot that holds the food you are mixing is cookware.
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2021/05/19
This is just my impression as a native speaker - Utensil is most often used when describing silverware (fork, knife, spoon). Cookware makes me think more of pots and pans.
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@KHMitchell thanks !
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