Salt vs. Vinegar
Difference Between Salt and Vinegar
Saltnoun
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
Vinegarnoun
(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
Saltnoun
(chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
Vinegarnoun
(countable) Any variety of vinegar.
a range of herb-flavoured vinegarsSaltnoun
(uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
Vinegarverb
(transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
Saltnoun
(slang) A sailor also old salt.
Vinegarnoun
sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
Saltnoun
(cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
Vinegarnoun
dilute acetic acid
Saltnoun
A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
Saltnoun
(obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.
Saltnoun
(obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.
Attic saltSaltnoun
(obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
Saltnoun
(figurative) Skepticism and common sense.
Any politician's statements must be taken with a grain of salt, but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of salt.Saltnoun
(Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.
There was so much salt in that thread about the poor casting decision.Saltadjective
Salty; salted.
salt beef;salt tearsSaltadjective
Saline.
a salt marsh;salt grassSaltadjective
Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
a salt mineThe salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.Saltadjective
Bitter; sharp; pungent.
Saltadjective
Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
Saltverb
(transitive) To add salt to.
to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winterSaltverb
(intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution.
The brine begins to salt.Saltverb
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
Saltverb
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
Saltverb
(mining) To blast metal into as a portion of a mine in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
Saltverb
(archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.
Saltverb
To include colorful language in.
Saltverb
(cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
Saltnoun
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Saltnoun
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Saltnoun
negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
Saltnoun
the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
Saltverb
add salt to
Saltverb
sprinkle as if with salt;
the rebels had salted the fields with mines and trapsSaltverb
add zest or liveliness to;
She salts her lectures with jokesSaltverb
preserve with salt;
people used to salt meats on shipsSaltadjective
containing or filled with salt;
salt waterSaltadjective
of speech that is painful or bitter;
salt scorna salt apologySaltadjective
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
