What are the differences between a pumpkin and a squash?

In the kitchen the pumpkin is tougher, both skin and flesh. The butternut squash is also much softer and sweeter and can be easily mistaken for a sweet potato ...

any hard-skinned squash could be called a pumpkin—there's no botanical distinction that makes a pumpkin a pumpkin. Continue After Advertisement.

All pumpkins belong to the squash family; any tough-skinned squash could technically be called a pumpkin.

Technically, pumpkins and squash aren't all that different from one another; in fact, a pumpkin is merely a type of squash.

The main difference would be the appearance and skin texture. The pumpkin stem is very hard and jagged, whilst the squash stem is a little hollow and much lighter and softer . Otherwise, they both belong to the same plant genus, Cucurbita, but variet

Gourds tend to be small, while squash are more medium-sized, with pumpkins generally being the largest of the three. Pumpkins though, as we all ...

In Australia, most winter squashes are simply called pumpkins. The word “squash” is commonly used for the summer squashes, which are picked ...

Basically, all pumpkins are squash but not all squash are pumpkins. Here in North America, I'd say that in order to be a pumpkin it has to have ...

For starters, pumpkins are often larger and rounder than most squashes or gourds, although there are exceptions.