Paprika vs. Pimiento: What's the Difference?

Paprika and Pimiento Definitions
Paprika
A powdered seasoning made from sweet red peppers, ranging in flavor from mild to hot.
Pimiento
A garden pepper (Capsicum annuum) having a mild, sweet, red fruit.
Paprika
A dark to deep or vivid reddish orange.
Pimiento
The fruit of this plant, used in cooking, in salads, and as a stuffing for green olives.
Paprika
(uncountable) Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
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Pimiento
Syn of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
Paprika
(countable) A variety of the spice.
Pimiento
The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento.
Paprika
A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
Pimiento
Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
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Paprika
A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
Pimiento
Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
Paprika
Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
Paprika
The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.
Paprika
Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
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Paprika
A mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos