Savory vs Incense - What's the difference?
savory | incense |
Tasty, attractive to the palate.
Salty or non-sweet.
Not overly sweet.
(figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.
A snack.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 18, author=Florence Fabricant, title=Off the Menu, work=New York Times
, passage=P*ONG On Friday the pastry chef Pichet Ong will open his own cafe, with sweets and savories served at tables and a counter. }}
Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus , grown as culinary flavourings.
The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
To anger or infuriate.
(archaic) To incite, stimulate.
To offer incense to.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
* Marston
(obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
* Chapman
As nouns the difference between savory and incense
is that savory is a snack or savory can be any of several mediterranean herbs, of the genus , grown as culinary flavourings while incense is a perfume used in the rites of various religions.As an adjective savory
is tasty, attractive to the palate.As a verb incense is
to anger or infuriate.savory
English
(wikipedia savory)Alternative forms
* savoury (British)Etymology 1
From the (etyl) savoure, from savourer, from (etyl) saporare, from saporAdjective
(en adjective)- The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
- The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
- The savory duck contrasted well with the sweet sauce.
- Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(savories)citation
Etymology 2
(Satureja) Possibly from (etyl) saetherie, from (etyl) satureia, influenced by or via (etyl) savereieNoun
(savories)Derived terms
* summer savory * winter savoryincense
English
Derived terms
* incense boat * incense cedarVerb
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
- (Chaucer)
- Incensed with wanton sweetes.
- Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.