The difference between Goulash and Paprika

When used as nouns, goulash means a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika, whereas paprika means powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in hungarian cooking).


Paprika is also adjective with the meaning: of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

check bellow for the other definitions of Goulash and Paprika

  1. Goulash as a noun:

    A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

  2. Goulash as a noun (bridge):

    A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.

  1. Paprika as a noun (uncountable):

    Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).

  2. Paprika as a noun (countable):

    A variety of the spice.

  3. Paprika as a noun (countable, rare, commonly called "dried [bell/chilli] peppers"):

    A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.

  4. Paprika as a noun:

    A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

    Examples:

    "color paneE25822"

  1. Paprika as an adjective:

    Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.