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Chili vs. Curry — What's the Difference?

Chili vs. Curry — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Chili and Curry

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Chili

The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially as a flavoring in cooking. Also called chili pepper.

Curry

Curry is a variety of dishes originating in the Indian subcontinent. It uses a combination of spices or herbs, usually including ground turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and fresh or dried chilies.

Chili

A stew made of meat or beans (or both) and usually tomatoes, spiced with chili peppers or chili powder.

Curry

To groom (a horse) with a currycomb.

Chili

(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
Chili pepper
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Curry

To prepare (tanned hides) for use, as by soaking or coloring.

Chili

(uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
Chili powder

Curry

To season (food) with curry.

Chili

(Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

Curry

A dish of meat or vegetables flavored with pungent spices, typical of South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines.

Chili

A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
Chili con carne

Curry

A blend of spices used in or suggesting the flavor of curry, typically containing turmeric, cumin, coriander, and ginger, among other ingredients.

Chili

(Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

Curry

Curry powder.

Chili

A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum

Curry

One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.

Chili

Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans

Curry

A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.

Chili

Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Curry

Curry powder.

Curry

(transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.

Curry

(transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.

Curry

(transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.

Curry

(transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.

Curry

(transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.

Curry

To perform currying upon.

Curry

To scurry; to ride or run hastily

Curry

To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).

Curry

To hurry.

Curry

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; - said of leather.

Curry

To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.
Your short horse is soon curried.

Curry

To beat or bruise; to drub; - said of persons.
I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.

Curry

To flavor or cook with curry.

Curry

A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

Curry

A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

Curry

(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

Curry

Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

Curry

Treat by incorporating fat;
Curry tanned leather

Curry

Give a neat appearance to;
Groom the dogs
Dress the horses

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