Briny vs. Salty

Brinyadjective

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

Brinynoun

(slang) The sea.

Brinyadjective

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

Brinynoun

any very large body of (salt) water

Brinyadjective

slightly salty;

Saltyadjective

Tasting of salt.

Saltyadjective

Containing salt.

Saltyadjective

(figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.

Saltyadjective

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

Saltyadjective

Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).

Saltyadjective

Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.

Saltyadjective

(linguistics) 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 self instead of the Latin that.

Saltyadjective

Somewhat salt; saltish.

Saltyadjective

engagingly stimulating or provocative;

Saltyadjective

containing salt;

Saltyadjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water