What's The Difference? - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers

There‘s a time and place for black tea (left) and herbal tea (right).

“Caffeine-free tea” isn't actually tea at all.

Frozen precipitation comes in many forms, and they all pose unique threats.

Next time someone confuses the two drinks, you‘ll know how to correct them.

Don’t let wine aficionados hear you confuse these two sparkling beverages.

What is a flapjack? If you’re in England, it’s not a fluffy round cake made from batter and fried in a pan.

How do these two famous vampires compare?

Ahead of Robert Eggers’s adaptation of ‘Nosferatu,’ here’s a breakdown of the differences and similarities between the two iconic bloodsuckers.

A stack of gifts ... or are they presents?

Those brightly wrapped packages we exchange around the holidays and other special occasions: Sometimes we call them “gifts,” sometimes “presents.” Is there a difference?

If they were in separate glasses without their cans, could you tell them apart?

Are Diet Coke and Coke Zero really that different? Here are the differences and health factors in the diet soda vs. zero-sugar soda debate.

These two tiny titans of folklore might appear similar, but they couldn't be more different.

You can binge Netflix in any room you like, but there are some key differences between these living areas.

Most of the time, though, it'll cost you.

Looking to buy your way into citizenship? Discover the differences between golden visas and CIPs, plus which countries are easiest to get into right now.

Members of Robert Falcon Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to reach the South Pole.

Here's how to tell frostbite symptoms from hypothermia symptoms.

They are several differences between the two.

Tsunamis and tidal waves may look similar, but they differ in crucial ways.

A 1920 mural by paleoartist Charles Robert Knight depicting Cro-Magnon people painting on cave walls at Font-de-Gaume, France.

These prehistoric members of our genus, ‘Homo,’ occupy different branches of the human family tree.

Here are the differences between green onions or scallions (left) and chives (right).

One of these things is not like the others.

Both are places where we bury the dearly departed, and the words are often used interchangeably. But that hasn’t always been the case.

Looks like she's reading a novel, not a novella.

As Stephen King once said, novellas are “too long to be short and too short to be really long.”

Gourds (left) and squash (right) are similar, but one shouldn’t be eaten.

Matters become more confusing when you add pumpkins to the mix.

The three types of pasta are all long, but when and how you use them will make all the difference for your meals.

Shiitake mushrooms (left) are edible, while fly agaric (right) is extremely toxic, causing serious symptoms like dizziness, confusion, and hallucinations.

The definitions of toadstools and mushrooms are a bit intertwined.

The official beverage of fall (sorry, PSL.)

They’re both fruit beverages, but apple juice and apple cider are not quite the same thing.

You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? It may have actually been a different type of palm tree.

The sophisticated cephalopods have highly evolved vision and can use jet propulsion to escape predators, but there are a few key differences between squid and cuttlefish.

The U.S. government has some ideas.

Grasshopper on the left, swarm of locusts on the right

All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Decaffeinated vs. Caffeine-Free Tea: What’s the Difference?

What‘s the Difference Between Hail, Sleet, and Freezing Rain?

Champagne vs. Prosecco: What’s the Difference?

What’s the Difference Between Flapjacks and Pancakes?

What’s the Difference Between Dracula and Nosferatu?

What’s the Difference Between a Gift and a Present?

What’s the Difference Between Diet Soda and Zero-Sugar Soda?

Elf vs. Gnome: What's the Difference?

Living Room vs. Family Room vs. Den: What’s the Difference?

The Easiest Places To Buy Citizenship Around the World

Frostbite vs. Hypothermia: What’s the Difference?

Tsunami vs. Tidal Wave: What’s the Difference?

Neanderthal vs. Cro-Magnon: What’s the Difference?

Scallion vs. Chives. vs. Green Onion: What’s the Difference?

Graveyard vs. Cemetery: What’s the Difference?

Novella vs. Short Story: What’s the Difference?

Gourd vs. Squash: What’s the Difference?

Linguine vs. Fettuccine vs. Spaghetti: What’s the Difference?

Mushrooms vs. Toadstools: What’s the Difference?

What's the Difference Between Apple Juice and Apple Cider?

What’s the Difference Between Coconut Trees and Palm Trees?

Squid vs. Cuttlefish: What’s the Difference?

What’s the Difference Between a Lake and a Pond?

Grasshoppers vs. Locusts: What’s the Difference?