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Vegetable vs Printanier - What's the difference?

vegetable | printanier |

As nouns the difference between vegetable and printanier

is that vegetable is any plant while printanier is a soup made with spring vegetables.

As adjectives the difference between vegetable and printanier

is that vegetable is of or relating to plants while printanier is prepared with spring vegetables.

vegetable

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any plant.
  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
  • The edible part of such a plant.
  • (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.

    • Synonyms

    * (derogatory term for a person with brain damage) cabbage

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to plants.
  • Of or relating to vegetables.

    • Related terms

    * vegan * vegetarian * vegetate * vegetation * veggie * vegetable oil

    External links

    * (wikipedia "vegetable") * 1000 English basic words

    printanier

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

  • (postpositive) Prepared with spring vegetables.
  • * 1985 , Marshall Jevons, The Fatal Equilibrium , chapter 16, page 173:
    • Today, for example, he had dined on the finest entrecôte steak he had ever tasted; lunched on a superb braised oxtail printanière ; breakfasted on broiled kippers and Wiltshire bacon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soup made with spring vegetables.
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