Paprika vs Pepper - What's the difference?
paprika | pepper |
(uncountable) Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum ), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
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(countable) A variety of the spice.
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(countable) A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
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A bright reddish orange colour like that of the dried paprika.
A plant of the family Piperaceae.
(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
(baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
To add pepper to.
To strike with something made up of small particles.
To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
To add (something) at frequent intervals.
Pepper is a synonym of paprika.
In uncountable terms the difference between paprika and pepper
is that paprika is powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking) while pepper is a spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.As an adjective paprika
is of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.As a verb pepper is
to add pepper to.paprika
English
(wikipedia paprika)Noun
Synonyms
* (pepper cultivar) green pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, yellow pepper, bell pepper, capsicumDerived terms
* Spanish paprikaSee also
* goulash * pepper * pimiento * ----pepper
English
Noun
- Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".
Synonyms
* (fruit of the capsicum) ** (spicy) chili, chili pepper, chilli, hot pepper ** (mild) bell pepper, paprika, sweet pepperDerived terms
* bell pepper * chili pepper * green pepper * hot pepper * pepper spray * red pepper * sweet pepper * tabasco pepper * white pepperVerb
(en verb)- After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
- He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.
