Patty vs. Hamburger — What's the Difference?

A patty or burger (in British English) is a flattened, usually round, serving of ground meat and/or legumes, grains, vegetables, or meat alternatives. Patties are found in multiple cuisines throughout the world.

A hamburger (also burger for short) is a food, typically considered a sandwich, consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The patty may be pan fried, grilled, smoked or flame broiled.

A small rounded, flattened cake of food, especially one made from ingredients that have been previously ground, chopped, or minced

A flat round cake of minced beef, fried or grilled and typically served in a bread roll garnished with various condiments.

A patty shell.

Ground meat, usually beef.

A small pie; a pasty.

A patty of such meat.

(US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.

A sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually in a roll or bun.

(Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.

A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

(England, strictly MLE) A foolish or stupid person.

The patty used in such a sandwich.

A little pie.

(uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.

Small flat mass of chopped food

An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.

Small pie or pasty

(GUI) hamburger button

Round flat candy

A fried cake of minced beef served on a bun

Beef that has been ground