Capellini vs. Vermicelli

Capellini

Capellini (Italian pronunciation: [kapelˈliːni], literally ) is a very thin variety of Italian pasta, with a diameter between 0.85 and 0.92 millimetres (0.033 and 0.036 in). Like spaghetti, it is rod-shaped, in the form of long strands.

Vermicellinoun

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

Vermicellinoun

Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.

Vermicellinoun

The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.

Vermicellinoun

pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

Vermicellinoun

pasta in the form of long slender threads.

Vermicellinoun

shreds of chocolate used to decorate cakes or other sweet foods.

Vermicelli

Vermicelli (Italian: [vermiˈtʃɛlli]; lit. 'little worms', , also UK: , ) is a traditional type of pasta round in section similar to spaghetti. In English-speaking regions it is usually thinner than spaghetti, while in Italy it is typically thicker.The term vermicelli is also used to describe various types of thin noodles from Asia.