Rosemary vs. Sage — What's the Difference?

Salvia rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name Rosmarinus officinalis, now a synonym.

One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.

An aromatic evergreen Mediterranean shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) in the mint family, having light blue or pink flowers and narrow grayish-green leaves that are used in cooking and perfumery.

Any of various plants of the genus Salvia of the mint family, especially S. officinalis, having aromatic grayish-green leaves.

The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.

The leaves of S. officinalis used as a seasoning.

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

Any of various similar or related plants, chiefly in the mint family.

A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.

Sagebrush.

Widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery

Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.

Extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats

Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment

(Archaic) Serious; solemn.

Wise.

(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn

A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.

The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.

Any plant in the genus Salvia

Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

(Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.

A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

Grave; serious; solemn.

A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

Aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

Having wisdom that comes with age and experience

Of the gray-green color of sage leaves