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Delight vs Delectable - What's the difference?

delight | delectable |

As nouns the difference between delight and delectable

is that delight is joy; pleasure while delectable is something fitting the above description.

As a verb delight

is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

As an adjective delectable is

pleasing to the taste; delicious.

delight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Joy; pleasure.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
    • A fool hath no delight in understanding.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
  • * Milton:
    • Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
  • * (Greensleeves):
    • Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,

    Derived terms

    * undelight * delightful

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • * Tennyson
    • Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
  • (label) To have or take great pleasure

    • Derived terms

    * delight in

    Related terms

    * delicacy * delicate * delicatessen * delicious

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    delectable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasing to the taste; delicious.

    • Synonyms

    * See also , yummy, good

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something fitting the above description.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 8, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft. }}