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Dumpling vs Gyoza - What's the difference?

dumpling | gyoza |

As nouns the difference between dumpling and gyoza

is that dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough while gyoza is a Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi.

dumpling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
  • A term of endearment.
    • My little dumpling.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * apple dumpling * clootie dumpling * dumpling squid * Norfolk dumpling * * potato dumpling * raspberry dumpling * rice dumpling * soup dumpling

    See also

    * dim sum * noodle * pudding * quenelle

    References

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    gyoza

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gyoza) (en-noun)
  • A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi

    • See also

    * potsticker * jiaozi * pelmeni

    References

    * OED 2006 ----