chili pepper vs sauce

chili pepper

noun
  • Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin. (Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy, but all true chili peppers contain some capsaicin, in contrast to e.g. the bell pepper, which is not a true chili pepper and does not.) 

sauce

noun
  • Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in 

  • apple sauce; mint sauce 

  • A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. 

  • Alcohol, booze. 

  • Anabolic steroids. 

  • A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump. 

verb
  • To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. 

  • To send or hand over. 

  • To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. 

  • To add sauce to; to season. 

  • To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. 

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