Nonpareil vs. Pareil — What's the Difference?

Having no equal; peerless

An equal.

Designating the smallest, most flavorful variety of pickled caper.

A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.

A small pellet of variously colored sugar used to decorate or give texture to sweets.

A small, flat chocolate drop covered with these pellets.

Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.

(countable) A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.

The blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), a species of moth distributed across the Palearctic; also (obsolete) any of a number of moths of other species.

In full nonpareil parrot: the eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius), a species of rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.

The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.

(archaic) In full nonpareil apple: a variety of apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.

(archaic) Any of various types of small sweets.

A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.

(by extension) A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.

(by extension) A bud]] of the smallest size.

The size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.

Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; - often used as a name.

A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted bunting and painted finch.

A small sphere, less than 1 mm diamter, of colored sugar, used to decorate confections; - usually used in the plural as though the name of a substance; as, sprinkled with nonpareils.

A type of candy chocolate consisting of a small flat disk of chocolate, less than one inch diameter, having nonpareils{4} sprinkled on the top; as, she ate a box of nonpareils at the movie.

Having no equal; peerless.

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

Eminent beyond or above comparison;