Difference between Pastry and Doughnut

What is the difference between Pastry and Doughnut?

Pastry as a noun is a baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc. while Doughnut as a noun is a deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.

We hope you now know whether to use Pastry or Doughnut in your sentence.