As nouns the difference between pasta and spaghetti
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 spaghetti is a type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
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.
Hyponyms
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spaghetti
Noun
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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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