Salad vs. Salsa — What's the Difference?

A salad is a dish consisting of mixed pieces of food, typically with at least one raw ingredient. They are often dressed, and typically served at room temperature or chilled, though some can be served warm.

A type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock.

A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.

(especially in Latin American cooking) a spicy tomato sauce

The course of a meal consisting of this dish.

A spicy sauce of chopped, usually uncooked vegetables or fruit, especially tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers, used as a condiment.

A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.

A genre of Latin American music characterized by Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Cuban big-band arrangements, and elements of jazz and rock.

A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.

A dance for couples performed to this music.

A varied mixture

(countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.

A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

(idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.

(intransitive) To dance the salsa.

A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.

Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.

Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens