Noodle vs. Dumpling

Noodlenoun

a string or strip of pasta

Noodlenoun

a person with poor judgement; a fool

Noodlenoun

(colloquial) the brain, the head

Noodlenoun

(colloquial) a pool noodle

Noodleverb

To think or ponder.

Noodleverb

To fiddle, play with, or mess around.

Noodleverb

To improvise music.

Noodleverb

(fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body

Noodleverb

(Australia) To fossick, especially for opals.

Noodlenoun

A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Noodlenoun

The head; also, noddle; - used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.

Noodlenoun

A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.

Noodlenoun

a ribbonlike strip of pasta

Noodlenoun

informal terms for a human head

Noodle

Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut, stretched or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles can be refrigerated for short-term storage or dried and stored for future use.

Dumplingnoun

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

Dumplingnoun

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

Dumplingnoun

(familiar) A term of endearment.

Dumplingnoun

A piece of excrement.

Dumplingnoun

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.

Dumplingnoun

small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

Dumplingnoun

dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry

Dumpling

Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources) wrapped around a filling, or of dough with no filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, fruits or sweets.