Juicy vs Saucy - What's the difference?
juicy | saucy |
having lots of juice
(of a story, etc. ) exciting, interesting, or enticing
(of a blow, strike, etc. ) strong, painful
* 1960:' ''“Your head feels funny, doesn't it?” “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a '''juicy one, and the temples were throbbing.'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter V)
* 1960:' ''Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the '''juiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said.'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter I)
Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 143:
Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
Mildly erotic.
As adjectives the difference between juicy and saucy
is that juicy is having lots of juice while saucy is similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.juicy
English
Adjective
(er)- a juicy peach
- I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.
Antonyms
* unjuicyDerived terms
* juicinesssaucy
English
Adjective
(er)- If this be known to you, and your allowance/ When we have done you bold and saucy wrongs.
- She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.
- My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy .