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What is the difference between burger and hamburger?

burger | hamburger |

Hamburger is a hypernym of burger.

Hamburger is a derived term of burger.

Hamburger is a synonym of burger.

Hamburger is a hyponym of burger.



As nouns the difference between burger and hamburger

is that burger is a hamburger while hamburger is a hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

burger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A hamburger.
  • (chiefly, as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.

    • Derived terms

    * baconburger * beanburger * beefburger * buffaloburger * burgery * clamburger * crabburger * deerburger * elkburger * fishburger * lamburger * mushroomburger * noodleburger * pizzaburger * porkburger * salmonburger * shrimpburger * soyaburger * soyburger * steakburger * tofuburger * tunaburger * turkeyburger * vealburger * vegeburger * veggieburger * venisonburger

    Related terms

    * cheeseburger

    External links

    * ("burger" on Wikipedia) ----

    hamburger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
  • The patty used in such a sandwich.
  • (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  • (colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
    • The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger .
    I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

    Synonyms

    * (sandwich) beefburger * (patty) hamburger patty

    Hypernyms

    * (sandwich) burger

    Hyponyms

    (sense) * slider * quarter-pounder * cheeseburger

    Coordinate terms

    (sense) * chicken burger * fish burger * lamb burger * pork burger * vegeburger * soyburger

    Derived terms

    * burger * cheeseburger * hamburgerology * vegeburger * soyburger * gardenburger