Pancetta vs. Speck

Pancetta vs. Speck — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pancetta and Speck

Pancettanoun

A cured belly or pork; bacon.

Specknoun

A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.

a tiny speck of soot

Specknoun

A very small thing; a particle; a whit.

He has not a speck of money.

Specknoun

(fish) A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

Specknoun

Fat; lard; fat meat.

Specknoun

(uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.

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Specknoun

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.

Specknoun

The fat of the hippopotamus.

Speckverb

(transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.

paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture

Specknoun

a very small spot;

the plane was just a speck in the sky

Specknoun

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Specknoun

a slight but appreciable addition;

this dish could use a touch of garlic
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Speckverb

produce specks in or on;

speck the cloth