Broil vs. Roast

Broil vs. Roast — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Broil and Roast

Broilverb

To cook by direct, radiant heat. (British: grill)

Roastverb

To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

to roast meat on a spit

Broilverb

To expose to great heat.

Roastverb

To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

to roast a potato in ashes

Broilverb

To be exposed to great heat.

Roastverb

To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

Coffee beans need roasting before use.to roast chestnuts or peanuts
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Broilverb

(transitive) to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil

Roastverb

To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Broilverb

(intransitive) (obsolete) to brawl

Roastverb

To admonish someone vigorously

I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.

Broilnoun

Food prepared by broiling.

Roastverb

To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
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Broilnoun

(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

Roastverb

(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Broilnoun

cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

Roastnoun

A cut of meat suited to roasting

Broilverb

cook under a broiler;

broil fish

Roastnoun

A meal consisting of roast foods.

Broilverb

heat by a natural force;

The sun broils the valley in the summer

Roastnoun

The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.

Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.

Roastnoun

A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

Roastadjective

Having been cooked by roasting.

Roastadjective

(figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

Roastnoun

a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Roastnoun

negative criticism

Roastverb

cook with dry heat, usually in an oven;

roast the turkey

Roastverb

subject to laughter or ridicule;

The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera houseThe students poked fun at the inexperienced teacherHis former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday

Roastadjective

(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven