Tacky vs Saucy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between tacky and saucy

is that tacky is of a substance, slightly sticky while saucy is similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

(er)

Of a substance, slightly sticky.

This paint isn't dry yet - it's still a bit tacky.

(colloquial) Of low quality.

That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.

(colloquial) In poor taste.

That was a tacky thing to say.

gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

dowdy, shabbily dressed

shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)

(er)

Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.

* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 143:

If this be known to you, and your allowance/ When we have done you bold and saucy wrongs.

She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.

Impudently bold; pert; piquant.

Mildly erotic.

My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy .

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