nigiri vs. sushi

nigiri vs. sushi: 's the difference?

Nigiri is a type of sushi. Sushi is made with cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar. Nigiri is made by shaping the rice into bite-sized pieces and topping it with raw seafood. Unlike the other types of sushi (maki and temaki), nigiri is generally not rolled and wrapped in seaweed.

nigiri

noun

Japanese Cooking.
  1. cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood.

sushi

noun

Japanese Cooking.
  1. cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood ( nigiri ), formed around strips of vegetable or raw fish into a cylindrical seaweed-wrapped roll that is sliced into bite-size pieces ( maki ), or wrapped together with strips of vegetable or raw fish in a sheet of dried seaweed and rolled into a cone shape ( temaki ).