The difference between Green pepper and Paprika
When used as nouns, green pepper means the green, unripe, form of the sweet bell pepper. popular in cooking, especially italian cuisine. the unripe bell pepper is green and generally changes to other colors as it matures, cultivars exist for red, orange, yellow and other shades, 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 Green pepper and Paprika
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Green pepper as a noun:
The green, unripe, form of the sweet bell pepper. Popular in cooking, especially Italian cuisine. The unripe bell pepper is green and generally changes to other colors as it matures, cultivars exist for red, orange, yellow and other shades.
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Green pepper as a noun:
A green variety of dried peppercorn, made from the unripe berries by treating them in a manner that retains the green colour.
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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).
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Paprika as a noun (countable):
A variety of the spice.
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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.
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Paprika as a noun:
A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
Examples:
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Paprika as an adjective:
Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.