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Meatball vs Polpettine - What's the difference?

meatball | polpettine |

As nouns the difference between meatball and polpettine

is that meatball is a ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked while polpettine is small Italian meatballs.

meatball

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked
  • (slang) a stupid person
  • (baseball) an easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.

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    * (wikipedia "meatball") *

    polpettine

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Small Italian meatballs.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 5, author=Kim Severson, title=Is the Entree Heading for Extinction?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Upstarts like the snack menu, with its little offerings of polpettine and deviled eggs, are encroaching from the flank. }} ----