Difference between Pepper and Peppercorn

What is the difference between Pepper and Peppercorn?

Pepper as a noun is a plant of the family piperaceae. while Peppercorn as a noun is the seeds of the plant piper nigrum. commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.

Pepper

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A plant of the family Piperaceae. A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant. A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties. A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To add pepper to. To strike with something made up of small particles. To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things). To add (something) at frequent intervals.

Example sentence: You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

Peppercorn

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.a small, insignificant quantity, as in peppercorn rent.

We hope you now know whether to use Pepper or Peppercorn in your sentence.

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