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Tamale vs Enchilada - What's the difference?

tamale | enchilada |

As nouns the difference between tamale and enchilada

is that tamale is mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks while enchilada is a Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.

tamale

English

(tamale)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.

    • Usage notes

    The Standard Spanish singular is tamal, and thus some proscribe tamale' as an incorrect back-formation, preferring to use tamal as the English singular; note however that '''' exists in Spanish dialect [which?]. The similarity of '''tamale''' to the ancestral Nahuatl tamalli is not generally cited in support of the English usage of ' tamale .

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * hot tamale

    Related terms

    * tamalera

    Anagrams

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    enchilada

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.

    • Derived terms

    * big enchilada * whole enchilada

    External links

    * (wikipedia "enchilada") ----