palatable vs savory

palatable

adj
  • Pleasing to the taste, tasty. 

  • Tolerable, acceptable. 

savory

adj
  • Tasty, attractive to the palate. 

  • umami, modern 

  • Morally or ethically acceptable. 

  • Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet. 

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

  • A savory snack. 

  • The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring. 

How often have the words palatable and savory occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )