Sauce vs. Dressing — What's the Difference?

In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to a dish.

A sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings

A flavorful liquid or semisolid condiment or mixture of ingredients served as a topping or other accompaniment to food.

A piece of material used to cover and protect a wound

Stewed fruit, usually served with other foods.

Size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics

Something that adds zest, flavor, or piquancy.

A fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or ploughed into land

(Informal) Impudent speech or behavior; impertinence or sauciness.

A therapeutic or protective material applied to a wound.

(Slang) Alcoholic liquor.

A sauce for certain dishes, such as salads.

To season or flavor with sauce.

A stuffing, as for poultry or fish.

To add piquancy or zest to.

Manure or other fertilizing material for soil.

(Informal) To be impertinent or impudent to.

(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

(cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

Alcohol, booze.

The activity of getting dressed.

(bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.

(obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

(art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.

(dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.

Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

Vegetables.

An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

(dated) Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.

To add sauce to; to season.

(dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.

Present participle of dress

To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

(colloquial) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.

(slang) To send or hand over.

Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.

A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.

An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

Sauciness; impertinence.

Castigation; scolding; - often with down.

A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

Savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.

A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.

Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

A cloth covering for a wound or sore

To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

Processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather

Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

Behave saucy or impudently towards

The act of applying a bandage

Dress (food) with a relish

Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting;