What is the difference between a turnip and a swede?!

There are two related but different vegetables.

There is the yellow turnip: it's the bigger one. In North America it's usually called Rutabaga. In England it's called Swede and in Scotland it's called turnip or neeps.

Then there's the white turnip: it's small, white and maybe a bit purple on top. It's called turnip or white turnip.

So in answer to your question, Swede always means yellow turnip/rutabaga but turnip might mean white or yellow turnip.

Swedes are the ones that taste good.

There's no differance at all they just need a life if there giving out about that. Just cos there labled as turnips. There the same thing

Common sense

Here in Oz the yellow ones are Swede and the white ones are turnips.