macaroni vs pasta

macaroni

noun
  • A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. 

  • A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. 

adj
  • Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni. 

pasta

noun
  • A type of pasta. 

  • Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. 

  • A dish or serving of pasta. 

How often have the words macaroni and pasta occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )