The difference between Casserole and Stew
When used as nouns, casserole means a dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served, whereas stew means a cooking-dish used for boiling.
When used as verbs, casserole means to cook like, or as, a casserole, whereas stew means to cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
check bellow for the other definitions of Casserole and Stew
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Casserole as a noun:
A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
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Casserole as a noun:
Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.
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Casserole as a verb (transitive):
To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
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Stew as a noun (obsolete):
A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
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Stew as a noun (now, _, historical):
A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
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Stew as a noun (archaic):
A brothel.
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Stew as a noun (obsolete):
A prostitute.
Examples:
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Stew as a noun (uncountable, countable):
A dish cooked by stewing.
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Stew as a noun (Sussex):
A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
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Stew as a noun (US, regional):
An artificial bed of oysters.
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Stew as a noun (slang):
A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
Examples:
"to be in a stew'"
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Stew as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative):
To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
Examples:
"I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole."
"The meat is stewing nicely."
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Stew as a verb (transitive):
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
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Stew as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
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Stew as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
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Stew as a noun:
A steward or stewardess on an airplane.