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Onion vs Lettuce - What's the difference?

onion | lettuce |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between onion and lettuce

is that onion is (uncountable) the genus as a whole while lettuce is (uncountable) the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

As nouns the difference between onion and lettuce

is that onion is a monocotyledonous plant (allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice while lettuce is an edible plant, lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.

onion

English

(wikipedia onion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  • The bulb of such a plant.
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  • (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  • A ball.
  • (colloquial, chiefly, archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

    • Derived terms

    See also

    * chive * scallion * shallot

    References

    lettuce

    English

    (wikipedia lettuce)

    Noun

  • An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
    • I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
  • (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.

    • Synonyms

    * (US paper currency) cabbage, greenbacks

    Derived terms

    * lettuce leaf * lettuce opium * lettucey, lettucy * sea lettuce

    See also

    * cabbage