tamale vs tamal

tamale and tamal both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tamale and tamal are synonyms defined as:

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

tamale (noun)	tamal (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