Key Difference: A burger is cooked by placing a filling of meat or vegetables in between sliced parts of a round bun, whereas Hamburger is also a kind of burger that consists of a cooked patty of ground meat as filling.

 Burger and hamburger both are mouthwatering fast foods. Generally we all are familiar with the word burger and few get confused between the two terms as sometimes people think they both are same or the hanmburger is full name of burger. And also some people might think that any burger with ham becomes a hamburger. To clear these confusions we begin with a simple definition of a burger. A burger is cooked by placing a filling of meat or vegetables between slices of a bun; generally this bun is round. People love to eat them and thus have given rise to many restaurants engaged in selling of just hamburgers or burgers or both. They have gained popularity due to various options of fillings and buns. One can also experiment with the ingredients of the filling inside the bun. There have been various claims stating the invention of the burger but still it remains unclear. Burgers and hamburgers both are very popular fast food and have been the prominent dish in fast food restaurants. Burgers is simply defined as a dish that consists of a filling and a bun. This filling can be a flat patty made of cooked vegetables or meat, or cheese and various other options are available to put as a filling.

Now the definition of burger is clear and we can proceed to define a hambuger. Hamburgers are also burgers but the word is used in context to a filling that consists of some kind of meat. A filling in Hamburger can be a patty made from beef, pork, turkey, chicken etc. Buns are kind of bread but do not have a flat surface, like in any other burger. They are generally round in shape. The bun is sliced into two parts to put the filling inside. A burger filling can be anything like vegetables or meat whereas in Hamburger this filing is specifically made from meat. Thus, we can conclude that hamburger is also a kind of burger. After putting the filling above the lower portion of bun, one can also add sauces like tomato, chili, mayonnaise etc depending upon the taste required. After the filling is set on bun, the upper portion of the bun covers it and together forms a unit called as burger.

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