As nouns the difference between spaghetti and tagliatelle
is that spaghetti is a type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings while tagliatelle is long, flat ribbons of pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet.
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
Related terms
* spaghettini
* spaghettoni
See also
* noodle
* pasta
* spag
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tagliatelle
Noun
(-)
long, flat ribbons of pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet
Usage notes
* In Italian, glia'' is pronounced /??a/, which approximates in English to /lj?/ in an unstressed syllable. Hence the ''g is not pronunced as /?/ in English.
Synonyms
* fettuccine
See also
* linguine
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