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Pizza vs Dumpling - What's the difference?

pizza | dumpling |

As nouns the difference between pizza and dumpling

is that pizza is pizza while dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

pizza

English

Alternative forms

(wikipedia pizza) * pitza (South African English)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit
    • a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  • (countable) A single instance of this dish
    • He ate a whole pizza !
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

    Usage notes

    * In phrases like (term) and (term), (term) refers to the toppings.

    Synonyms

    * pizza pie * pie

    Derived terms

    * pizza bone * pizza cutter * pizza face * pizza man * pizza parlor * pizza puff * pizza wheel * pizzeria * sheet pizza

    dumpling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
  • A term of endearment.
    • My little dumpling.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * apple dumpling * clootie dumpling * dumpling squid * Norfolk dumpling * * potato dumpling * raspberry dumpling * rice dumpling * soup dumpling

    See also

    * dim sum * noodle * pudding * quenelle

    References

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