Difference between Paprika and Pimento

What is the difference between Paprika and Pimento?

Paprika as a noun is a mild sweet cultivar of the pepper family capsicum anuum while Pimento as a noun is a red sweet pepper used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

Paprika

Part of speech: adjective

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

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mild sweet cultivar of the pepper family Capsicum anuum The dried spice of the vegetable used in Hungarian cooking. A bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

Pimento

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A red sweet pepper used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.A tropical berry used to make allspice.

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