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Mouthwatering vs Delicious - What's the difference?

mouthwatering | delicious |

As adjectives the difference between mouthwatering and delicious

is that mouthwatering is that is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing while delicious is pleasing to taste; tasty.

mouthwatering

English

Alternative forms

* mouth-watering

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing
  • (by extension) Enticing or tantalizing

    • Derived terms

    * mouthwateringly

    delicious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasing to taste; tasty.
  • (colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * deliciously * deliciousness * undelicious

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