Pizza vs. Calzone — What's the Difference?

Pizza (Italian: [ˈpittsa], Neapolitan: [ˈpittsə]) is an Italian dish consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, pineapple, meat, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven. A small pizza is sometimes called a pizzetta.

A calzone (UK: , US: , Italian: [kalˈtsoːne]; "stocking" or "trouser") is an Italian oven-baked folded pizza, often described as a turnover, made with leavened dough. It originated in Naples in the 18th century.

A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, or sausage.

A baked or fried Italian turnover of pizza dough filled with vegetables, meat, or cheese.

(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit

A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.

(countable) A single instance of this dish

Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese