Savory vs Starter - What's the difference?
savory | starter |
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.
Someone who starts something.
# The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
# (baseball) A starting pitcher.
Something that starts something.
# An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
# A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
# A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
(team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
A dog that rouses game.
As nouns the difference between savory and starter
is that savory is a savory snack while starter is someone who starts something.As an adjective savory
is tasty, attractive to the palate.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 savorystarter
English
Noun
(en noun)- a starter on a journey
- It's small, but it's a good starter house.