different between tasty vs pleasurable

English

Etymology

taste +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?sti/
• Rhymes: -e?sti

Adjective

tasty (comparative tastier, superlative tastiest)

1. Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious.

   You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.

2. (obsolete) Having or showing good taste; tasteful.

   These items will make an attractive and tasty display.

3. (slang) Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
4. (Britain, informal) Skillful; highly competent.
5. (Britain, informal) Potentially violent.
   • These empires of rusting metal have long been portrayed in film, fiction and TV as a haunt of the wide boy, the tasty geezer, and many other variants of ne'er-do-well

Synonyms

• (pleasant flavor): See Thesaurus:delicious

Derived terms

• tasty cheese

Related terms

• taste
• tasteful

Translations

Anagrams

• yatts

English

Etymology

From pleasure +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?????b?l/

Adjective

pleasurable (comparative more pleasurable, superlative most pleasurable)

1. That gives pleasure

   The massage was a pleasurable experience.

   • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers

     Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable.

   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:

     At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]

Synonyms

• (giving pleasure): nice, pleasant, pleasing

Derived terms

Related terms

• pleasure
• please

Translations