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Macaroni vs Fusilli - What's the difference?

macaroni | fusilli |

As nouns the difference between macaroni and fusilli

is that macaroni is (uncountable) a type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely , pasta in general while fusilli is pasta in the shape of short spirals.

macaroni

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely , pasta in general.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XI:
  • Delicate lace ruffles fell over the lean yellow hands that were so overladen with rings. He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars.
  • * 1997 , (Thomas Pynchon), Mason & Dixon :
  • A small, noisy party of Fops, Macaronis , or Lunarians,—it is difficult quite to distinguish which,—has been working its way up the street.

    Hyponyms

    * elbow macaroni * See also

    Derived terms

    * macaroni and cheese * macaroni cheese * macaroni penguin

    See also

    * *

    Anagrams

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    fusilli

    English

    Noun

    (fusilli)
  • Pasta in the shape of short spirals.
  • Synonyms

    * corkscrew pasta