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Cannoli vs Cannelloni - What's the difference?

cannoli | cannelloni |

As nouns the difference between cannelloni and cannoli

is that cannelloni is wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven while cannoli is tubes of fried pasta, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert; typical of Sicily.

cannoli

English

Noun

(wikipedia cannoli) (en noun)
  • tubes of fried pasta, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert; typical of Sicily.

    • Usage notes

    Those with a good knowledge of the Italian language may use singular cannolo and plural cannoli , but English speakers without this experience will generally use "a cannoli"/"two cannolis". ----

    cannelloni

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven.

    • Synonyms

    * manicotti ----