Penne vs. Ziti

Pennenoun

A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

Pennenoun

pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends

Penne

Penne (Italian: [ˈpenːe]) is an extruded type of pasta with cylinder-shaped pieces, their ends cut at an angle. Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna (meaning feather but pen as well), deriving from Latin penna (meaning or ), and is a cognate of the English word pen.

Zitinoun

A type of penne pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.

Zitinoun

medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces

Zitinoun

pasta in the form of tubes resembling large macaroni.

Ziti

Ziti is an extruded pasta, originating in Campania. It is shaped into a long, wide tube, about 25 cm long, that needs to be broken by hand into smaller pieces before cooking.