Are there any languages on this Earth, which like Eskimo with snow, have more than one word for "soup"? Here's what I mean: Soup (supă) in Romanian means a simple and light dish with little caloric value but rather a tasty / tea type of serving. Çorba (ciorba, read "chiorba" as in "chip", not "siorba" as in "cincinnati"), borrowed from Turkish, basically means liquid steak as far as caloric equivalent goes. So I'm curious. Any other part of the world that has at least two words for "soup"?
English. https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/soup.html There are other contexts with different synonyms.
Well I'm not English native so I didn't hear about bisque, vichyssoise and olio (not sure a native knows what these are either) but of the others, most of them are not exactly soup. I mean like stew and soup are kinda different things. I suppose consomme and borscht would qualify and if we add congee then why also not ramen. I guess ramen would qualify as high-calorie food but then again, it's not exactly something that you make in your kitchen as something you order from a restaurant. Strange enough, although the place of borscht is like 100 miles away over the border, I never had that and don't know anyone around who makes it. Local cuisine has a strong Hungarian influence and they don't do borscht, particularly the beetroots version is unheard of.
Speaking of ramen, I find it quite delicious but ... first time I ordered and they asked me if I want seaweed with it, I said yes. I don't know if that thing was rotten or that's how seaweed is supposed to taste but I nearly vomited and was unable to continue to eat that soup. I tried to take it away but somehow the taste and smell lingered in the soup. Anyhow, without seaweed it's quite allright.