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Popcorn vs Spaghetti - What's the difference?

popcorn | spaghetti |

As nouns the difference between popcorn and spaghetti

is that popcorn is a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating while spaghetti is a type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

As a verb popcorn

is to stand up or jump up quickly.

popcorn

English

Alternative forms

* pop-corn, popped corn

Noun

  • (chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating.
  • (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  • * 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
  • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns , five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

    Derived terms

    * popcorn movie

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to stand up or jump up quickly
  • See also

    * brownie * cake * candy cane * chip, potato chip / potato crisp * Cracker Jack * donut / doughnut * ice cream * jelly roll, Swiss roll * pretzel ----

    spaghetti

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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

    See also

    * noodle * pasta * spag

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