✅ Cook means to make food ready for eating by applying heat to it in some way (I need to start cooking the turkey).

✅ Bake means to make food ready for eating by applying a dry heat, usually by putting the food in an oven (Cookies are fun to bake).

✅ Baking is a particular kind of cooking and is generally used to refer to making sweet foods such as cakes, cookies, or pastries, and to making foods in ovens such as breads or casseroles (I loved when he’d bake because the house smelled so good).

✅ Cooking is generally used to refer to making savory foods but can include all kinds of foods (He could really cook up a storm!).

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✅ Draw means to create a picture using lines or to depict something in art or writing (She decided to draw a landscape; The characters in the novel were drawn well).

✅ Sketch means to depict something in a simple, rough, or brief way, without detail (He quickly sketched the woodshed; The background characters are roughly sketched).

✅ Sketch can also mean a brief account of something, but you wouldn’t use draw in this way (The leader gave a quick sketch of the plan).

Now that we’ve sketched the differences between these words, check out some more synonyms!

✅ Write means to produce something in text or some type of notation (write a song; write a letter).

✅ Compose means to create something, especially something literary or musical (compose a symphony; compose a book of poems).

✅ Write is the more general word. Compose particularly suggests combining different parts or sections together to create an organized whole. In a literary or textual context, compose can also sound more formal than write.

✅ Often compose suggests paying particular attention to how the end product comes across in terms of etiquette or politics (I spent hours composing the speech I was going to give to the Board of Directors).

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