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Pilchards are not used to make sardines.

The words pilchard and sardine are both used to refer to the same fish.

Sardines, or pilchards, are several types of small, oily fish related to herrings.

Sardines were named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, where they once lived near in abundance

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Yes, a sardine is a young pilchard. There are several types of sardines such as the rainbow sardine and the goldstripe sardinella.

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There is very little if any difference. Generally a Pilchard is a larger than average Sardine.

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