pungent vs salty

pungent

adj
  • Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste. 

  • Stinging; acerbic. 

  • Having a sharp and stiff point. 

  • Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances. 

salty

adj
  • Tasting of salt. 

  • Coarse; provocative; earthy. 

  • Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter, bitchy. 

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

  • Containing salt. 

  • 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 ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”). 

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