Capellini vs. Vermicelli — What's the Difference?

Capellini (Italian pronunciation: [kapelˈliːni], literally "little hairs") is a very thin variety of Italian pasta, with a diameter between 0.85 and 0.92 millimetres (0.033 and 0.036 in). Like spaghetti, it is rod-shaped, in the form of long strands.

Vermicelli (Italian: [vermiˈtʃɛlli]; lit. 'little worms', , also UK: , ) is a traditional type of pasta round in section similar to spaghetti. In English-speaking regions it is usually thinner than spaghetti, while in Italy it is typically thicker.The term vermicelli is also used to describe various types of thin noodles from Asia.

See angel hair.

Pasta in the form of long slender threads.

Synonym of angel hair

Shreds of chocolate used to decorate cakes or other sweet foods.

Pasta in long, very thin strands.

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.

(UK) Chocolate sprinkles.

The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.

Pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti