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Ambrosial vs Aromatic - What's the difference?

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Ambrosial is a related term of aromatic.


As adjectives the difference between ambrosial and aromatic

is that ambrosial is (greek mythology) pertaining to or worthy of the gods while aromatic is fragrant or spicy.

As a noun aromatic is

a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

ambrosial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
  • *:And whilst he slept she [Venus] over him would spred / Her mantle, colour'd like the starry skyes, / And her soft arme lay underneath his hed, / And with ambrosiall kisses bathe his eyes [...].
  • Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.

    • aromatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aromatick (obsolete) * aromatique (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fragrant or spicy.
  • (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
  • (organic chemistry) derived from benzene.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with aromantic.

    Antonyms

    * (organic chemistry) aliphatic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

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