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Juicy vs Succulent - What's the difference?

juicy | succulent |

As adjectives the difference between juicy and succulent

is that juicy is having lots of juice while succulent is juicy or lush.

As a noun succulent is

a succulent plant (such as cactus.

juicy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • having lots of juice
  • a juicy peach
  • (of a story, etc. ) exciting, interesting, or enticing
  • I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.
  • (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)
  • Antonyms

    * unjuicy

    Derived terms

    * juiciness

    succulent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • juicy or lush
  • interesting or delectable
  • (botany) having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a succulent plant (such as cactus)