The difference between Bell pepper and Pepper
When used as nouns, bell pepper means capsicum annuum, an edible spicy-sweet fruit, originating in the new world, whereas pepper means a plant of the family piperaceae.
Pepper is also verb with the meaning: to add pepper to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bell pepper and Pepper
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Bell pepper as a noun:
Capsicum annuum, an edible spicy-sweet fruit, originating in the New World.
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Pepper as a noun:
A plant of the family Piperaceae.
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Pepper as a noun (uncountable):
A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
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Pepper as a noun (UK, US, Ireland, and, Canada):
A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
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Pepper as a noun (baseball):
A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
Examples:
"Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games"."
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Pepper as a noun (cryptography):
A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
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Pepper as a verb (transitive):
To add pepper to.
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Pepper as a verb (transitive):
To strike with something made up of small particles.
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Pepper as a verb (transitive):
To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
Examples:
"After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes."
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Pepper as a verb (transitive):
To add (something) at frequent intervals.
Examples:
"He liked to pepper his conversation with long words."