What's the difference between delectable and scrumptious?

Delectable


Definition:

  • (a.) Highly pleasing; delightful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The recombinant X chromosome had a partial delection of Xq and a partial duplication of Xp: 46,X,rec(S),dup p,inv(X)(p22q24).
  • (2) They know that his prominence would screw a tight lid on the pot of potential leave support because Farage is the quintessential Marmite politician: repellent to those that do not find him delectable.
  • (3) First up for your delectation is this entertaining monologue from Alec Baldwin which opened the NFL Awards show on Saturday night: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Updated at 8.37pm GMT
  • (4) Chromosomal identification by a G technique done in three patients with delection of the distal portion of short arms of chromosome 5; led to the consideration of the possibility that the segment responsible of the "cri du chat" syndrome is on the proximal portion of the band 5 p15.
  • (5) The goat-giving method strong-arms one into thinking that there is no choice: either a person gets one of those delectable V-neck jumpers from Margaret Howell or a village has no clean water.
  • (6) The elaborate multi-course meal would be presented to Ronald and Nancy for their personal delectation.
  • (7) The absence of relationship between the corneal distrophy and the 22 delection in this family proves that the latter is a familial marker, not being the cause of the disease.
  • (8) A human IgG1 myeloma protein that has a delection in the third constant domain of the heavy chain (Cgamma3) and forms two-chain half-molecules was studied for its in vivo turnover and its ability to fix C1q and hemolytic complement, to bind to human lymphocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes, and to induce a passive cutaneous reaction in guinea pigs.
  • (9) The study has two main results: (1) the phonological substitutions and delections of this hearing imparied child are basically the same in kind as those found in the speech of younger normals and (2) the phonological processes of the child's system fit into groups of processes, each group operationalizing some phonetic preference of the child.
  • (10) As Trump feeds the media and the public’s appetite for “a 24-hour diet of delectable and irresistible snacks”, Clinton continues to lay out the full-course menu on policy.
  • (11) The difficulties encountered in previous attempts to clone both oriL2 and oriL1 in an undeleted form were surmounted by minimizing the growth of the host Escherichia coli, using a recBC sbcB E. coli host, and purifying the full-length plasmid from delected forms by using a novel method which exploits the ability of a palindrome-containing plasmid to adopt a cruciform conformation, thereby decreasing its supercoiling.
  • (12) The standard of sequence examination was such that all single amino acid substitutions, delections or insertions ought to have been detected.
  • (13) Spurs jangling and lances poised, the coalition partners are off, tilting at each other for the delectation of their party conferences.
  • (14) Authors report a family in which three members presented a type I Corneal Distrophy of Groenouw; two of them also presented a delection of short arms of a 22 chromosome, while the third presented the delection but not the corneal distrophy.
  • (15) Photograph: Alamy At this blocky old hotel in Isla’s main town, a few blocks from the Cancún ferry terminal, the rooms are standard Mexican budget-style: scuffed but clean tiled floors, lemon-yellow walls and bathrooms done in delectable mint-green tiles – floor, walls and all.
  • (16) Labour MPs also see a good chance of getting rid of Andy Coulson, which would be a delectable bonus for them, but it's beyond that now.
  • (17) Step forward chicken-selling drug lord Gus Fring, delectably played by Giancarlo Esposito, dying one of the bloodiest and most memorable deaths on TV, ever.
  • (18) Tryptophan transport in the S. typhimurium F'trp hybrid was subject to repression, while in the E. coli strain which carries F'trp covering the equivalent chromosomal delection, an increase in tryptophan accumulation was shown after growth in L-tryptophan supplemented medium.
  • (19) Table 6 summarizes our recommendations in the delection process.
  • (20) "If I had been given it like that then, I would not have found it, how shall we say, delectable."

Scrumptious


Definition:

  • (a.) Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Binondo, the first Chinatown in the world boasts scrumptious Chinese food and great people.
  • (2) I don't actually like cake, but this is an exceptionally light, scrumptious rhubarb and orange confection, so I have no trouble at all eating it.
  • (3) It serves scrumptious homemade cakes, regional cheese and meats, and temperance cordials.
  • (4) For under five dollars I could buy myself six scrumptious hot dogs neatly nestled into their simple white bread buns, a single squiggly line of mustard adorning each one of their glistening skins.
  • (5) Instead of saying "scrumptious", when sampling Marge Simpson's chicken wings, Pynchon changes the line to "Yeah, Vi-licious!
  • (6) The scrumptious prospect of a few journalists going to jail and sharing cells with very large men whose favourite game is Mummies and Daddies hovered, unspoken, above the chamber.

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