What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Salty vs Savor - What's the difference?

salty | savor |

As an adjective salty

is tasting of salt.

As a noun savor is

taste, flavor.

salty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Tasting of salt.
  • Containing salt.
  • (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
  • (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  • Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.
  • * 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, page 61:
    • Ray and Fuzzy were salty with our unhip no-playing piano player, because she broke time on the piano so bad that the strings yelled whoa to the hammers.
  • * 1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life , Holloway House Publishing, page 162:
    • I want to beg your pardon for making you salty that night.
  • (linguistics) Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin .

    • Coordinate terms

    * (irritated attitude) sassy

    Derived terms

    * (experienced sailor) salty dog

    Anagrams

    *

    savor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * savour (British)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) savour, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the specific taste or smell of something
  • a distinctive sensation

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) savourer, from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality
  • to appreciate, enjoy or relish something

    • Anagrams

    * * American English forms ----