tamal vs tamale

tamal and tamale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tamal	Yes	No	No	No
tamale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tamal and tamale are synonyms defined as:

tamal and tamale: dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed

tamal (noun)	tamale (noun)
dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed	dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed