The difference between Hamburger and Sandwich
When used as nouns, hamburger means a hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both, whereas sandwich means a dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
Sandwich is also verb with the meaning: to place one item between two other, usually flat, items.
Sandwich is also adjective with the meaning: of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hamburger and Sandwich
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Hamburger as a noun:
A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
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Hamburger as a noun:
The patty used in such a sandwich.
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Hamburger as a noun (uncountable):
Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
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Hamburger as a noun (colloquial, somewhat, vulgar):
An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
Examples:
"The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger."
"I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again."
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Sandwich as a noun:
A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
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Sandwich as a noun:
Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
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Sandwich as a noun (UK):
A layer cake or sandwich cake.
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Sandwich as a verb:
To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
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Sandwich as a verb (figuratively):
To put or set something between two others, in time.
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Sandwich as an adjective (US):
Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.