Scrummy vs Luscious - What's the difference?

scrummy | luscious |

As adjectives the difference between scrummy and luscious

is that scrummy is (childish|or|colloquial|uk) delicious while luscious is sweet and pleasant; delicious.

scrummy

English

Adjective

(er)

(childish, or, colloquial, UK) delicious

* 1930 , Ralph Hale Mottram, The English Miss

Of course one did get some scrummy things to eat abroad, that cook did not, somehow, produce at home; and the people looked different...

* 2004 , Alan Murphy, Scotland

There's an all day menu, with lots of fish dishes such as fish soup, tuna, and monkfish. Pudding might include a scrummy rosemary panacotta.

* 2006 , Julie Wilson, Our Spanish Winters

After mopping up the last bits with my scrummy nan breads we settled down to watch the DVD of "The Two Towers" from "Lord of the Rings"...

Synonyms

* See also

luscious

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

sweet and pleasant; delicious

* 1863 , H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden

Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.

sexually appealing; seductive

* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text

With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature

obscene

* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text

Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected