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Tapas vs Tapa - What's the difference?

tapas | tapa |

As nouns the difference between tapas and tapa

is that tapas is variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry while tapa is a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

tapas

English

Noun

(-)
  • Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry.
  • * 1986 , , The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine :
    • The snacks are called tapas because in the old days a piece of toast was served, too, so that you might have a "top" on your glass of sherry, a lid that would prevent the flies from getting into the glass.
  • Small food items generally.
    • Izakaya food is basically Japanese tapas.

    Synonyms

    * small plate, small plates (see (small plates))

    Anagrams

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    tapa

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tapa.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
    • Synonyms
    * kapa

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tapa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

    • Anagrams

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