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Herbal vs Vegetal - What's the difference?

herbal | vegetal |

As adjectives the difference between herbal and vegetal

is that herbal is made from or with herbs while vegetal is capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to {{term|sensible}} and {{term|rational}}).

As nouns the difference between herbal and vegetal

is that herbal is a manual of herbs and their medical uses while vegetal is any vegetable organism.

herbal

English

Alternative forms

* herball (obsolete)

Adjective

(head)
  • Made from or with herbs.
    • Herbal tea has a nice aroma and is good for a stuffy head.
  • Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
    People think herbal supplements are safer because they are natural.

    Derived terms

    * herbal body wrap * herbal medicine * herbal tea * herbal wrap

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manual of herbs and their medical uses
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=January 7, author=Cecil Adams, title=The Straight Dope, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=It can still be found in herbals and such, which describe it as a sedative and cough suppressant. }}
  • An herbal supplement
  • * {{quote-news, year=2003, date=March 7, author=Jeffrey Felshman, title=The Killer Inside Me, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=I took a ride to the shopping strip at Belmont and Central and stocked up on herbals at three Polish New Age health stores. }}

    vegetal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • *, III.2.1.i:
    • Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].
  • Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
  • (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, chiefly, botany) Any vegetable organism.
  • * Burton
    • This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.
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