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taco vs. burrito

taco

[ tah-koh; Spanish tah-kaw ]
noun,
  1. a tortilla filled with various ingredients, as beans, rice, chopped meat, cheese, and tomatoes, and folded over in half or rolled into a loose cylinder shape: My favorite breakfast taco has eggs, bacon, and cheese on a flour tortilla.The downside of hard-shell tacos is that you can’t fit as much stuff in a fried tortilla.

burrito

[ buh-ree-toh; Spanish boor-ree-taw ]
noun,
  1. a tortilla folded over a filling, as of ground beef, grated cheese, or refried beans.