Pizza vs. Pizzetta — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pizza and Pizzetta
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Pizza
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.
Pizzetta
A pizzetta (plural: pizzette) is a small pizza that can range in size from a finger food at around three inches in diameter to that of a small personal-sized pizza.
Pizza
A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, or sausage.
Pizzetta
A small pizza
Pizza
(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 slice of pizza
A pizza pie
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Pizza
(countable) A single instance of this dish
He ate a whole pizza!
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Pizza
Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
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