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Seafood vs Rice - What's the difference?

seafood | rice |

As nouns the difference between seafood and rice

is that seafood is fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life while rice is cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

As a verb rice is

to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.

As a proper noun Rice is

{{surname|patronymic|from=Welsh}} derived from Welsh given name Rhys.

As a phrase RICE is

rest, ice, compression, and elevation. A common treatment method for soft tissue injuries.

seafood

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable, countable) Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.
  • Hyponyms

    * (edible aquatic life) fish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, seaweed, algae, sea mammals

    rice

    English

    (wikipedia rice)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
  • Verb

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
  • To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.
  • Derived terms

    * arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild rice

    See also

    * basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushi

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    References

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