Difference between Vegetal and Vegetable

What is the difference between Vegetal and Vegetable?

Vegetal as an adjective is pertaining to vegetables or other plants (as opposed to animal) while Vegetable as an adjective is of or relating to plants.

Vegetal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pertaining to vegetables or other plants (as opposed to animal) a grassy, herbaceous taste

Vegetable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to plants.Of or relating to vegetables.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any plant.A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.The edible part of such a plant.A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

Example sentence: Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

We hope you now know whether to use Vegetal or Vegetable in your sentence.

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