What is the difference between picante sauce and salsa?

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In the commercials for Pace Picante Sauce they make it seem like there is a difference. Is there really one or what?
 
Spanish and french are very similar in their language (I say that because I am studying Spanish )
Spanish----->salsa, french----->sauce.
Spanish -----> picante(somewhat spicy) french -----> piquante ( bite,spicy)
Yes one is just basic and the other has a bite to it.
 
Picante is salsa. Picante is to salsa as grape is to jelly or Taurus is to Ford. It's just a variety of salsa. Picante means spicy, so salsa picante is "spicy sauce." There are also sweet salsas and sour salsas.


To add to the correction, Salsa simply means "sauce." So Picante is just a description of the sauce, or salsa, and it indeed means "spicy," or, perhaps, "sharp." In Spanish, it would be "Salsa Picante," but companies like Pace call it Picante Sauce.

And to correct the original answer, Pico de gallo (not "piccode geillo") in much of Northern Mexico is a non-saucy mix of chopped tomatoes, onions, chiles, and so on. Farther south, it is made with jicama and orange, and is another thing entirely.
 
I can't tell much difference in the flavor between Pace Picante Sauce and Pace Salsa, (other than mild, medium or hot), but the salsa is much chunkier. We usually get the salsa because we like our sauce chunky.
 
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