Rosemary vs Sage - What's the difference?
rosemary | sage |
a shrub that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
As nouns the difference between rosemary and sage
is that rosemary is a shrub that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes while sage is a wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.As a proper noun Rosemary
is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.As an adjective sage is
wise.As an interjection sage is
Word used in the email field of to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.As a verb sage is
the act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an when posting a reply.rosemary
English
(wikipedia rosemary)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* ) * rosemaried * (Pinus taeda )Synonyms
* Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosmarinus officinalis)sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .