Capsicum vs. Pepper

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

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.