Cuisine vs. Dish — What's the Difference?

A category of food associated with a particular country.

A particular recipe or food item.

Collective culinary practices within a tradition.

The contents of a plate or meal.

A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region.A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade, they can even be made into distinct ingredients themselves when they become popular within a region, take for example Japanese rice in Japanese cuisine and New Mexico chile in New Mexican cuisine.

A concoction of ingredients cooked together.

A characteristic manner or style of preparing food

A shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food

Food; fare.

A shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance

A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.

A sexually attractive person

(uncountable) culinary art: The art of preparing food, generally.

Information which is not generally known or available

A kitchen or cooking department.

Concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub.

The kitchen or cooking department.

Put food on to a plate or plates before a meal

Manner or style of cooking.

Utterly destroy or defeat

The practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

Give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes

A style of cooking from a specific region.

An open, generally shallow concave container for holding, cooking, or serving food.

The food preparation methods and traditions of a culture.

Dishes The containers and often the utensils used when eating

A characteristic manner of food preparation.

A shallow concave container used for purposes other than eating

The amount that a dish can hold.

The food served or contained in a dish

A particular variety or preparation of food

A depression similar to that in a shallow concave container for food.

The degree of concavity in such a depression.

(Electronics) A dish antenna.

(Slang) A good-looking person, especially an attractive woman.

(Informal) Idle talk; gossip

To serve (food) in or as if in a dish

To present

To hollow out; make concave.

(Informal) To gossip about.

Chiefly British Slang To ruin, foil, or defeat.

To talk idly, especially to gossip.

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

The contents of such a vessel.

(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.

(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

(telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

(slang) A sexually attractive person.

The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

A hollow place, as in a field.

The home plate.

(mining) A trough in which ore is measured.

(mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Gossip.

(transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

(transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.

To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food, especially prepared food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."

The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

A hollow place, as in a field.

A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.

Anything with a discoid and concave shape, like that of a dish.

An electronic device with a concave reflecting surface which focuses reflected radio waves to or from a point, used as a receiving or transmitting antenna; also called dish antenna. The dish is often shaped as a paraboloid so as to achieve a high sensitivity and enable reception of weak signals when used as a receiving antenna, or to focus transmitted signals into a narrow beam when used as a transmitting antenna.

A very attractive woman or young lady, especaially one sexually attractive; - sometimes considered offensive and sexist; as, the departmental secretary is quite a dish.

A favorite activity, or an activity at which one excels.

The quantity that a dish will hold, or a dish filled with some material.

To put in a dish, ready for the table.

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.

To talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee.

A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food;

A particular item of prepared food;

The quantity that a dish will hold;

A very attractive or seductive looking woman

Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

An activity that you like or at which you are superior;

Provide (usually but not necessarily food);

Make concave; shape like a dish

A specific food preparation served as part of a meal.

An item of prepared food.

A cuisine is defined by the cooking styles, traditions, and ingredients characteristic of a particular region or culture.

Typically, yes, dishes are components of a cuisine.

Many do, but it's not a requirement for a cuisine to have one.

Through its unique combination of flavors, techniques, and regional ingredients.

Yes, some dishes may be shared by or adapted into different cuisines.

It can, depending on the context, but it's not a defining characteristic.

Yes, cuisines evolve with cultural and ingredient influences.

Generally, beverages are categorized separately from dishes.

Yes, a dish can stand alone as a complete eating experience.

Presentation can be very important, depending on the culinary tradition.

While many are, some dishes within a cuisine may include pre-made components.

Not necessarily, but common ingredients are often a hallmark of a cuisine.

Fusion dishes blend elements from different cuisines and may not fit traditional definitions.

Through studying and practicing its cooking methods and recipes.

Yes, even simple preparations qualify as dishes.