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Delicious vs Delicacy - What's the difference?

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Delicacy is a related term of delicious.



As an adjective delicious

is pleasing to taste; tasty.

As a noun delicacy is

the quality of being delicate.

delicious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasing to taste; tasty.
  • (colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

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    Derived terms

    * deliciously * deliciousness * undelicious

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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.

    • Related terms

    * delicate * delicatessen * delicious * delight