Difference between Spicy and Pungent

SPICY vs PUNGENT: ADJECTIVE

Slightly scandalous; risqué.
High-spirited; lively.
Producing or abounding in spices.
Piquant; zesty.
Having the flavor, aroma, or quality of spice.
Suggestive of sexual impropriety
Having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers
Piquant; provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar spices.
Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic.
Producing, or abounding with, spices.
Fig.: Piquant; racy.
Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
Having an agreeably pungent taste
Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
Tangy, zesty, or pungent.

Strong and sharp
Having a sharp and stiff point.
Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid.
Pointed.
Penetrating, biting, or caustic.
Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
Capable of wounding
Sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell
To the point; sharp.

Synonyms Racy, Spicy. See racy.
Stylish; showy; smart in appearance: as, a spicy garment; to look spicy.
Highly flavored; pungent; keen; pointed; racy: as, a spicy letter or debate.
Having the qualities of spice; flavored with spice; fragrant; aromatic: as, spicy plants.
Producing spice; abounding with spices.

In ichthyology, stiff and sharp-pointed: as, a pungent spine.
Piercing; sharp.
Specifically — In botany, terminating gradually in a hard sharp point, as the lobes of the holly-leaf.
In entomology, fitted for piercing or penetrating: as, a pungent ovipositor.
Sharp and painful; poignant.
Affecting the tongue like small sharp points; stinging; acrid.
Sharply affecting the sense of smell: as, pungent snuff.
Hence, sharply affecting the mind; curt and expressive; caustic; racy; biting.
Synonyms Sharp, stinging, keen, peppery, acrid, caustic. Piquant, Pungent, Poignant. That which is piquant is just tart enough to be agreeable; that which is pungent is so tart that, if it were more so, it would be positively disagreeable; that which is poignant is likely to prove actually disagreeable to most persons. Pungent is manifestly figurative when not applied to the sense of taste, or, less often, of smell; piquant is similar, but less forcible; poignant is now used chiefly of mental states, etc., as poignant grief, or of things affecting the mind, as poignant wit.
Strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"

Naughty, Savoury, Tasteful, Hot, Racy, Sexy, Piquant, Juicy, Gamey, Pungent, Gamy, Gingery, Peppery, Zesty, Savory

Bitter, Odor, Scent, Tart, Alliaceous, Nipping, Hot, Biting, Sarcastic, Barbed, Spicy, Garlicky, Gingery, Peppery, Acrid

Naughty, Savoury, Tasteful, Hot, Racy, Sexy, Piquant, Juicy, Gamey, Pungent, Gamy, Gingery, Peppery, Zesty, Savory

Bitter, Odor, Scent, Tart, Alliaceous, Nipping, Hot, Biting, Sarcastic, Barbed, Spicy, Garlicky, Gingery, Peppery, Acrid

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