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Fettucini vs Spaghetti - What's the difference?

fettucini | spaghetti |

As nouns the difference between fettucini and spaghetti

is that fettucini is while spaghetti is .

fettucini

English

Noun

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  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 30, author=Karen Crouse, title=Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents. }}

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    spaghetti

    English

    (wikipedia spaghetti)

    Noun

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  • A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
  • A dish that has spaghetti as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
  • Informally, any type of pasta.
  • Electrical insulating tubing.
  • Anything tangled or confusing.
  • A short form of spaghetti code .

    • Usage notes

    * An individual strand is called a piece of spaghetti'' or a ''strand of spaghetti'', or rarely ''spaghetto , derived from the Italian form. * Often used with another noun to convey a spaghetti-like attribute, such as thinness (spaghetti strap'', ''spaghetti stripes''), Italian (''spaghetti western''), flexibility (''spaghetti limbs''), or intertwining strands (''spaghetti code'', ''spaghetti junction'', ''spaghetti grid )

    Derived terms

    * Flying Spaghetti Monster * spaghetti bolognese * spaghetti code * spaghettification * spaghetti junction * spaghetti strap * spaghetti western * sketti, pasghetti

    Related terms

    * spaghettini * spaghettoni

    See also

    * noodle * pasta * spag

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