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Delicatessen vs Delicacy - What's the difference?

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Delicacy is a related term of delicatessen.



As nouns the difference between delicatessen and delicacy

is that delicatessen is a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving while delicacy is the quality of being delicate.

delicatessen

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
  • (plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.
  • Derived terms

    * deli

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    delicacy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia delicacy) (delicacies)
  • The quality of being delicate.
  • Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
  • Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
  • Frailty of health or fitness.
  • Refinement in taste or discrimination.
  • Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.