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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