Pizza vs Pastry - What's the difference?
pizza | pastry |
(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
(countable) A single instance of this dish
A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
(label) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
(label) The place where pastry is made.
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In uncountable terms the difference between pizza and pastry
is that pizza is 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 while pastry is the type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.pizza
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Alternative forms
(wikipedia pizza) * pitza (South African English)Noun
- a slice of pizza
- a pizza pie
- Want to go out for pizza tonight?
- 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 * pieDerived terms
* pizza bone * pizza cutter * pizza face * pizza man * pizza parlor * pizza puff * pizza wheel * pizzeria * sheet pizzapastry
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(wikipedia pastry)Noun
(pastries)- They call for dates and quinces in the pastry .