It depends on whether you're talking about the noodles or the dish. Spaghetti NOODLES is pasta.

You can't say spaghetti is exactly the same thing as pasta. Pasta is a general word while spaghetti is a specific kind of pasta. There are a lot of kinds of pasta like maccheroni, ravioli, gnocchi, linguine...etc and they are different from spaghetti! ciao =)

Hello Ariel, 'Pasta' in general is the edible preparations made from a flour and water dough. They are variously shaped,the one formed as long strings is called 'Spaghetti'. 'Spaghetti' is the plural form of the Italian word 'spaghetto', which is a diminutive of 'spago', meaning "thin string" or "twine".

spaghetti is a long thin type of pasta

spaghetti is pasta...but pasta not always spaghetti.... because pasta is a general word for spaghetti, fusilli, lasagne, maccheroni,..... etc :-)