different between zesty vs savory

English

Etymology

zest +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?z?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

zesty (comparative zestier or more zesty, superlative zestiest or most zesty)

1. Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy.
2. Zestful.

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English

Alternative forms

• savoury (British; usually only for etymology 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?v??i/

Etymology 1

From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sap?r?re, present active infinitive of sap?r?, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapi?, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

Adjective

savory (comparative savorier, superlative savoriest) (American spelling)

1. Tasty, attractive to the palate.

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

2. Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.

   The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.

3. umami, modern

   The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.

4. (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Translations

See also

• umami

Noun

savory (plural savories)

1. (American spelling) A savory snack.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies From Middle English saverey, possibly from Old English sæþerie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie.

Noun

savory (countable and uncountable, plural savories)

1. Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
2. The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Derived terms

• summer savory (Satureja hortensis)
• winter savory (Satureja montana)

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