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salt vs seasoning

seasoning vs salt

salt and seasoning both are nouns.

salt is an adjective but seasoning is not an adjective.

salt is a verb but seasoning is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
salt Yes Yes Yes No
seasoning Yes No No No
As nouns, seasoning is a hypernym of salt; that is, seasoning is a word with a broader meaning than salt:
  • salt: white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
  • seasoning: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Other hypernyms of salt include flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner.
salt (noun) seasoning (noun)
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth the act of adding a seasoning to food
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
salt (adjective) seasoning (adjective)
(of speech) painful or bitter
salt (verb) seasoning (verb)
preserve with salt
add zest or liveliness to
sprinkle as if with salt
add salt to
Difference between salt and seasoning

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