Salty vs. Savory

Difference Between Salty and Savory

Saltyadjective

Tasting of salt.

Savoryadjective

Tasty, attractive to the palate.

The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.

Saltyadjective

Containing salt.

Savoryadjective

Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.

The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.The savory duck contrasted well with the sweet sauce.

Saltyadjective

(figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.

Savoryadjective

(figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.

Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.

Saltyadjective

(figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).

Savorynoun

(American spelling) A savory snack.

Saltyadjective

Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).

Savorynoun

Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.

Saltyadjective

Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.

Savorynoun

The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Saltyadjective

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin self instead of the Latin that.