Difference between Macaroni and Spaghetti

What is the difference between Macaroni and Spaghetti?

Macaroni as a noun is a type of pasta in the form of short tubes. while Spaghetti as a noun is a type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

Macaroni

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A type of pasta in the form of short tubes. (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected and effeminate manner. A sort of droll or fool; a fop; – applied especially to English fops of about 1775.

Example sentence: I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.

Spaghetti

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.(in singular: strand of spaghetti) an individual piece of spaghettiA 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.

We hope you now know whether to use Macaroni or Spaghetti in your sentence.

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