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Pasta vs Lasagna - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pasta and lasagna

is that pasta is (particularly in Italian cooking) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating while lasagna is a flat sheet of pasta.

pasta

English

(wikipedia pasta)

Noun

  • (uncountable) (particularly in Italian cooking ) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.
  • (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
  • (countable) A type of pasta.

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    * paste

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    lasagna

    English

    (wikipedia lasagna)

    Alternative forms

    * lasagne

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A flat sheet of pasta.
  • An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with (usually) bolognese and bechamel sauce.

    • Usage notes

    * In Italian, lasagna'' refers to one sheet of pasta and its plural form, ''lasagne , refers to the dish with several layers. This distinction is rarely observed in English. * When the dish is referred to as lasagne'' (rather than ''lasagna''), ''lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

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