Edible vs Snackable - What's the difference?

Edible is a hypernym of snackable.

As adjectives the difference between edible and snackable

is that edible is that can be eaten without harm; innocuous to humans; suitable for consumption while snackable is (informal) suitable for snacking upon.

As a noun edible

is anything edible.

edible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to humans; suitable for consumption.

edible fruit

That can be eaten without disgust.

Although stale, the bread was edible .

* 1957 , Jane Van Zandt Brower, Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies'', in 1996, Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer (editors), ''Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries , page 81,

However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible' than its model, the Monarch, but initially less ' edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments.

* 2006 , Ernest Small, Culinary Herbs , page 17,

Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances.

* 2009 , Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs , page 4,

This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view.

Usage notes

edible is the most common term for “capable of being eaten”; eatable is rather informal, due to simple analysis as eat with , while comestible is relatively formal.

Synonyms

* comestible * eatable * eatworthy

Antonyms

* inedible

Coordinate terms

* drinkable, potable * delectable

Noun

(en noun)

Anything edible.

(marijuana) a foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter etc.

Synonyms

* food

References

Anagrams

snackable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

(informal) Suitable for snacking upon.

* 2002 , Jennifer Hanson, The Real Freshman Handbook

Instead of a head of mats, give yourself one of chili peppers or green beans or other snackable , filamentous source of quick carbos.

* 2002 , Jay Weinstein, The Everything Vegetarian Cookbook

Keeping delicious, snackable marinated tofu, like the kind below, on hand for sandwiches, salads, and wraps will ensure that you get these nutrients...

* 2007 , Brian Reich, Dan Solomon, Media Rules!

Media is bite-size (or snackable ). Content has to be consumable or people don't know how to fit it into their day.

Hypernyms

* eatable * edible

Synonyms

* munchable