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Papad vs Papadam - What's the difference?

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Papadam is a related term of papad.



As nouns the difference between papad and papadam

is that papad is a lentil variety of papadam while papadam is a thin, crisp Indian bread made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.

papad

English

Alternative forms

* pappad

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lentil variety of papadam.
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    Anagrams

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    papadam

    English

    (wikipedia papadam)

    Alternative forms

    * A large number of spelling variants exist, but most are very rare; the only common forms are papadam'', ''pappadam'', ''papadum'', ''pappadum'', ''poppadum'' and ''poppadom'', and to a lesser extent ''pappadom'', ''papadom'', ''popadum'' and ''popadom . (rare alternative forms) * papodum * popodam * popodom * poppodom * poppodum * puppadom * puppadum * puppodum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, crisp Indian bread made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter or as an accompaniment to a meal.

    • Related terms

    * papad

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition