Usage of "paprika" and "bell pepper"

Question

I heard a native speaker of American English talking about paprika, and I was irritated because I only knew the term bell pepper as the translation for this vegetable.

Differences like peppercorn or chili pepper are clear and already answered sufficiently well:

So will paprika be used

to specify the spice (dried and ground bell pepper)?
in specific regions?
only in a cooking jargon?
as a synonym to bell pepper?

What did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika not answer? – tchrist Jun 30 '19 at 02:21 — tchrist, Jun 30 '19 at 02:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '19 at 07:56

Paprika is a spice made by drying and powdering certain varieties of bell pepper.

The name is used widely in the English speaking world.

As paprika is a spice, the word will be mainly used in a food context.

Paprika is not a synonym for "bell pepper" in English.

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Usage of "paprika" and "bell pepper"

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