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Onion vs Spaghetti - What's the difference?

onion | spaghetti |

As nouns the difference between onion and spaghetti

is that onion is a monocotyledonous plant (allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice while spaghetti is .

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

    spaghetti

    English

    (wikipedia spaghetti)

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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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