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Macaroni vs Pizza - What's the difference?

macaroni | pizza |

As nouns the difference between macaroni and pizza

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

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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    pizza

    English

    Alternative forms

    (wikipedia pizza) * pitza (South African English)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit
  • a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  • (countable) A single instance of this dish
  • He ate a whole pizza !
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

    Usage notes

    * In phrases like (term) and (term), (term) refers to the toppings.

    Synonyms

    * pizza pie * pie

    Derived terms

    * pizza bone * pizza cutter * pizza face * pizza man * pizza parlor * pizza puff * pizza wheel * pizzeria * sheet pizza