Ragout vs. Goulash: What's the Difference?

Ragout and Goulash Definitions
Ragout
A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables.
Goulash
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, seasoned mainly with paprika.
Ragout
A mixture of diverse elements.
Goulash
Any of various similar stews of mixed ingredients.
Ragout
A stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
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Goulash
A dish of ground beef, macaroni, and onions covered in a seasoned tomato sauce and often mixed with melted cheese.
Ragout
(by extension) any stew, soup, or sauce
Goulash
A mixture of many different elements; a hodgepodge.
Ragout
(transitive) To prepare (food) as a ragout.
Goulash
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
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Ragout
A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Goulash
(bridge) A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.
Ragout
Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
Goulash
A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika