Vegetable vs Vegetal - What's the difference?
vegetable | vegetal |
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.
Of or relating to plants.
Of or relating to vegetables.
*, III.2.1.i:
Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
(wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
(obsolete, chiefly, botany) Any vegetable organism.
* Burton
As nouns the difference between vegetable and vegetal
is that vegetable is any plant while vegetal is any vegetable organism.As adjectives the difference between vegetable and vegetal
is that vegetable is of or relating to plants while vegetal is capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to {{term|sensible}} and {{term|rational}}).vegetable
English
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (derogatory term for a person with brain damage) cabbageAdjective
(-)vegetal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].
Noun
(en noun)- This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.