Brewing vs. Steep — What's the Difference?

Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, at home by a homebrewer, or communally.

Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.

To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.

At a rapid or precipitous rate

To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients

Excessive; stiff

To concoct; devise

Ambitious; difficult

To make ale or beer as an occupation.

A precipitous slope.

To be made by boiling or steeping

The act or process of steeping.

To be imminent; impend

The state of being steeped.

A beverage made by brewing.

A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.

A serving of such a beverage.

To immerse in liquid for a period of time, as to cleanse, treat, or extract a given property from

Something produced as if by brewing; a mix

To involve or preoccupy thoroughly; immerse

Present participle of brew

To make thoroughly wet; saturate.

The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.

To undergo a soaking in liquid

The business or occupation of a brewer.

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.

(informal) expensive

The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.

(obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.

(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular

The quantity brewed at once.

The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.

A mixing together.

A liquid used in a steeping process

A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.

A rennet bag.

The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

To soak or wet thoroughly.

To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.

To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.

Bright; glittering; fiery.

Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.

Excessive; as, a steep price.

To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.

To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.

Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.

A rennet bag.

A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.

A steep place (as on a hill)

Engross (oneself) fully;

Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse;

Having a sharp inclination;

Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;

Of a slope; set at a high angle;