Dumpling vs. Gyoza

A piece of dough, sometimes filled, that is cooked in liquid such as water or soup.

A pocket of dough that is stuffed, as with minced pork or shrimp, and fried, steamed, or boiled.

Sweetened dough wrapped around fruit, such as an apple, baked and served as a dessert.

A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi.

(Informal) A short, chubby creature.

(culinary) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

(endearing) A term of endearment.

A piece of excrement.

A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry