1. Different methods

According to the traditional method, soup dumplings are wrapped, with a smooth and sticky appearance, while the dumplings are rolled (don't get me wrong, not "rolled"), with a dry, soft and fluffy appearance.

2. Filling different

Soup dumplings filling more fancy, in addition to the traditional style of five nuts, bean paste, peanuts, but also flowers, coarse grain texture, and even salty taste of roasted pork with preserved vegetables, mushrooms, fresh meat and other flavors; in contrast, the texture of the snacks on the more uniform, it is dominated by the sweet taste, the more prevalent black sesame, bean paste, peanuts and other flavors.

3. Eating different

Soup dumplings are mostly eaten to cook, some people love to eat fried; and the snacks, although it is also boiled as the main method of cooking, there are some places are fried to eat, and, cooked out of the dumplings and the snacks are not quite the same, dumplings out of the pot is usually clear broth; and the snacks are the exact opposite, out of the pot is usually muddy broth.

Second, Lanterns and dumplings and what **** the same point

Lanterns and dumplings, no matter how different, there are still **** the same point, their shape is round, generally inseparable from the soup, are not easy to digest the characteristics, should not be over-eaten.

From Baidu. But for me personally, it's all the same.