Chowder vs. Gumbo

Chowder vs. Gumbo — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Chowder and Gumbo

Chowdernoun

A thick, creamy soup or stew.

Gumbonoun

(countable) nodot=a: the plant or its edible capsules.

Chowdernoun

A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.

Gumbonoun

(uncountable) A soup or stew made with okra.

Chowdernoun

A seller of fish.

Gumbonoun

(uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.

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Chowderverb

(transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Gumbonoun

any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

Chowdernoun

a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

Gumbonoun

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

Gumbonoun

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

Gumbonoun

a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

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