The difference between Batch and Recipe

When used as nouns, batch means the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time, whereas recipe means a formula for preparing or using a medicine.


Batch is also verb with the meaning: to aggregate things together into a batch.

Batch is also adjective with the meaning: of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.

check bellow for the other definitions of Batch and Recipe

  1. Batch as a noun:

    The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

    Examples:

    "We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."

  2. Batch as a noun:

    A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

    Examples:

    "We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom."

  3. Batch as a noun:

    A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

  4. Batch as a noun (computing):

    A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.

    Examples:

    "The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control."

  5. Batch as a noun (UK, dialect, Midlands):

    A bread roll.

  6. Batch as a noun (Philippines):

    A graduating class.

    Examples:

    "She was the valedictorian of Batch '73."

  7. Batch as a noun (obsolete):

    The process of baking.

  1. Batch as a verb (transitive):

    To aggregate things together into a batch.

    Examples:

    "The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."

  2. Batch as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.

    Examples:

    "The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning."

  1. Batch as an adjective:

    Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.

    Examples:

    "The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line."

  1. Batch as a noun:

    A bank; a sandbank.

  2. Batch as a noun:

    A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.

  1. Batch as a verb (informal):

    To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.

    Examples:

    "I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister."

  1. Recipe as a noun (medicine, archaic):

    A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.

  2. Recipe as a noun:

    Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.

  3. Recipe as a noun:

    By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.

    Examples:

    "His new approach is definitely a recipe for success."

  4. Recipe as a noun:

    Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.

  5. Recipe as a noun:

    A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.

    Examples:

    "Stepper recipes."

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