Rich vs. Savory — What's the Difference?

Having great material wealth

Appetizing to the taste or smell

Having great worth or value

Piquant, pungent, or salty to the taste; not sweet.

Made of or containing valuable materials

Morally respectable; inoffensive

Magnificent; sumptuous

A dish of pungent taste, such as anchovies on toast or pickled fruit, sometimes served in Great Britain as an hors d'oeuvre or instead of a sweet dessert.

Having an abundant supply

An annual Mediterranean aromatic herb (Satureja hortensis) of the mint family, having pale lavender to white flowers. Also called summer savory.

Abounding in natural resources

A related Mediterranean aromatic perennial herb (Satureja montana), having white or pink flowers. Also called winter savory.

Having many nutrients for plant growth; fertile

The leaves of either of these plants, used as seasoning.

Very productive and therefore financially profitable

Tasty, attractive to the palate.

Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet

Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.

Strong in aroma or flavor

Umami, modern

Containing a large proportion of fuel to air

(figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.

Pleasantly full and mellow

(American spelling) A savory snack.

Warm and strong in color

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

Highly varied

The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Highly developed or complex

Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.

(Informal) Highly amusing, often for being absurd or preposterous.

An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; - also called summer savory.

Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the

Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family

Remunerative.

An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

Morally respectable or inoffensive;

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

Having an agreeably pungent taste

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

Pleasing to the sense of taste

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

(informal) Very amusing.

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.

(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.

Of a fuel-air mixture: having more fuel (thus less air) than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society.

To enrich.

To become rich.

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; - opposed to poor.

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.

Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; - especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.

Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

To enrich.

Possessing material wealth;

Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources);

Of great worth or quality;

Marked by great fruitfulness;

Strong; intense;

Very productive;

High in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air;

Suggestive of or characterized by great expense;

Marked by richness and fullness of flavor;

Highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs;

Pleasantly full and mellow;

Affording an abundant supply;