There's also cooked vs raw.

I like fresh pico de gallo style (but not too many onions) as well as smoother styles. It's all good!

There are different styles of salsa. The style you want is actually what you are describing--stewed tomatoes, etc.--except it's run through a food processor.

I like that kind. There are lots of different kinds of salsas. I like all of them.

Salsa is ideally smooth and zingy. Wtf with the waterlogged stewed tomatoes and chunky peppers and onions that look like lost toenails. Just no.