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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Savory is kinda salty. Umami is kinda buttery

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Umami is just a Japanese neologism for savoury. In my food science course at uni the two terms are used interchangeably.