The difference between Paprika and Sweet pepper
When used as nouns, 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), whereas sweet pepper means the fruit of a non-spicy cultivar of pepper, capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.
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 Paprika and Sweet pepper
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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.
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Sweet pepper as a noun:
The fruit of a non-spicy cultivar of pepper, Capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.