Spicy vs Salty - What's the difference?
spicy | salty |
Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
(of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar hot spices.
(of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
(of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
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.
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(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 .
As adjectives the difference between spicy and salty
is that spicy is of, pertaining to, or containing spice while salty is tasting of salt.spicy
English
Alternative forms
* spiceyAdjective
(er)- He prepared a spicy casserole.
- ''This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.
- She breathed in the strong, spicy aroma.
- He is known for his spicy political commentary.
- I don't want my children to see the spicy images on this web site.
Synonyms
* (piquant) hotReferences
* * * * "spicy" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----
salty
English
Adjective
(er)- 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.
- I want to beg your pardon for making you salty that night.
