Capsicum vs. Pepper

Capsicum vs. Pepper — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Capsicum and Pepper

Capsicumnoun

Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.

Peppernoun

A plant of the family Piperaceae.

Capsicumnoun

The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers.

Peppernoun

(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.

Capsicumnoun

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Peppernoun

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.Surely "pepper" covers all varieties as in most of this definition, while "bell pepper" and "capsicum" only refer to the large roundish mild varieties specifically

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Peppernoun

(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

Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".

Peppernoun

(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.

Pepperverb

(transitive) To add pepper to.

Pepperverb

(transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.

Pepperverb

(transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).

After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.

Pepperverb

(transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.

He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.
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Peppernoun

climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Peppernoun

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Peppernoun

pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

Peppernoun

sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

Pepperverb

add pepper to;

pepper the soup

Pepperverb

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles;

pelt the speaker with questions