Toothsome vs Tasty - What's the difference?
toothsome | tasty |
Delicious.
* 1908:
Sexually attractive.
* 1989 , David John Cawdell Irving, Göring: a biography
Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious.
(obsolete) Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
(slang) Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
As adjectives the difference between toothsome and tasty
is that toothsome is delicious while tasty is having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious.toothsome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome , raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls, how many bites each girl would have.
- In 1919 he had been waiting at a bus stop, en route to his initiation as a Freemason: a toothsome blonde had crossed his path, and he had stalked off after her instead.
tasty
English
Adjective
(er)- ''You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.
- ''These items will make an attractive and tasty display.