Is there really a difference between Cabbage and Lettuce ?!

Yes, a huge difference. Lettuce virtually has no nutrition in it (it isn't bad at all for you, but at the same time it won't do much for you either unless we're talking Romaine lettuce), it is basically water. Whereas cabbage has a lot of essential nutrients (such as Iron, Vitamins A b c and e, fibers, potassium and a little protein) and is very healthy

Cabbage is a slightly tough carciferous vegatable ( it is sulphur-tasting, and gives off gas when cooked, also combats cancer as do all cerciferous veg)

Lettuce is a pale water-filled vegetable which should never be cooked cabbage is good raw and cooked and can withstand a lot of cooking, but lettuce goes to mush if you cook it.
Lettuce has very few calories and minimal nutrition- it's a lovely light thing to eat.
Cabbage has very low calories but is more nutritious- fibre, folate , iron, potassium, vitaminC etc.
Lettuce had fibre, but no iron, or folate.

They are very differnet tastes- lettuce is light, mild, sometime sweet.
Cabbage is slightly bitter, slightly sulphurous, slightly eggy in taste, and the texture is much tougher.

Cabbage and lettuce are both leafy vegetables. Cabbage belongs to the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family whereas Lettuce belongs to tge Asteraceae family.

Cabbage has a short stem and a head, which has leaves gathered into a large bulb-like shape. Cabbage is mainly green but there are certain varieties with purple and reddish colors. Generally the inner leaves are preferred as food, rather than the outer leaves.

Lettuce is also a leafy vegetable, which is grown mainly in temperate regions. Just like cabbage, lettuce has a short stem and leaves grown in it. Unlike cabbage, flowers appear in lettuce and this is known as bolting. Generally lettuce is harvested just before bolting.

Lettuce is a name that has been derived from the latin word a€?laca€?, which means milk. Cabbage is a name that has been derived from the words a€?Normanno-Picard cabochea€?, meaning head.

As said earlier, lettuce has a sort stem but as the plant grows the stem also lengthens and branches. Moreover, the stems come up with many flower heads.

With regards to the nutrient value of cabbage and lettuce, the latter one has low calories and is also fat free. Lettuce is a known source of folic acid and Vitamin A. Cabbage contains glutamine, which has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage is a good source of indol-3-carbinol, which is used for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

Leaves in cabbage are more tightly packed than the leaves in lettuce. Cabbage is denser and heavier than Lettuce.

Summary

1. Cabbage has a short stem and a head, which has leaves gathered into a large bulb-like shape. Lettuce has a sort stem but as the plant grows the stem also lengthens and branches. Moreover, the stems come up with many flower heads.
2. Cabbage belongs to the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family, whereas Lettuce belongs to the Asteraceae family.
3. Lettuce is a known source of folic acid and Vitamin A. Cabbage contains glutamine, which has anti-inflammatory properties. It is a good source of indol-3-carbinol, which is used for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
4. The leaves in cabbage are more tightly packed than the leaves in Lettuce. Cabbage is denser and heavier than Lettuce.
5. Lettuce is a name that has been derived from the latin word a€?laca€?, which means milk. Cabbage is a name that has been derived from the words a€?Normanno-Picard cabochea€?, meaning head.

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Lettuce is a known source of folic acid and Vitamin A. There is a huge difference in taste and texture between cabbage & lettuce. I expect most Eastern Europeans know when to call a cabbage a leafy vegetable. Cabbage is really nasty than lettuce

Lettuce doesn't give you wind. The others here have covered all the other differences well.

Yes, they taste different and the leaves are a different thickness.

Yes, there is..

Both are vegetables. Cabbage cannot be eaten raw but lettuce can be eaten raw. Lettuce have more nutrition than cabbage.