salty & salt

Salty (adjective) = 鹹味濃的, 有鹽味的 tasting or smelling like salt

Salt (adjective) = 含鹽的 ,鹹的 containing or tasting of salt, preserved with salt (only before noun)

兩個字表面意思是”鹹的”, salt 多數用作 noun 或 verb, 比較少做 adjective. The adjective form of “salt” is salty.

我想分別是 salty 著重taste 味道 (鹹味濃) ~ either taste or smell, 可以不提到鹽,
salt (adjective) 似著重含鹽 containing salt, 用在常見的連語

Yahoo 字典上有一個 example:
The fried chicken is too salt. 那炸雞太鹹了 (Is it correct ??)
我想 Yahoo字典沒有錯 (純個人意見), 雖然大多數人,老師和 grammarians 會寫 The fried chicken is too salty.
通常 salt 用作 adjective, 是在 noun 前面. 但是英國某少數區域 local dialect 有一句
"It's not salt enough"

兩本書內有 “it is salt enough”: [不跟這 format: salt (adj.) + noun]

Taste it to see if it is salt enough. Stir it well and turn it out into a stone pot. When it is cold, it will be jellied and firm.
...from “National Cookery Book” - Page 117 ~ by Elizabeth Duane Gillespie

Then stir in one cup more of meal (dry). From time to time, throw in a little more meal, taking care that it does not get too thick. Taste it, to be sure that it is salt enough, and stir often to prevent burning. ...
-- from “How to Cook Well” - Page 17 – by J. Rosalie Benton

USAGE:
如果用 adjective, (talking about taste and smell) 作文應該使用 salty 比較安全和普及, 原因 salty 只作 adjective 用. (不同 salt 還可作 noun 和 verb)
salty 還有其他的 meaning.
e.g. salty flavour, salty taste, salty soup, salty food, salty popcorn, salty tears, salty sea air

Salt used as an adjective 要特別小心, 多數用在下列 noun 上 (salt (adj.) + noun)

Collocation:
salt beef, salt pork, salt fish, salt cod, salt flats, salt lake, salt marsh, salt mine, salt pit, salt spray, salt water

另外兩個字:
salted (adjective) = 鹽醃的
e.g. salted nut, salted butter, salted vegetables, salted egg, salted meat, salted pretzels, salted fish
salted fish 大有人用

saline (adjective) = 鹽的; 含鹽分的
e.g. saline soil, saline solution

為什麼不用 salted pork, salted beef? 我想是以前習慣用開. more to do with usage. “salt pork” 看似 compound noun, 但字典說 salt 是 adjective.

(1) salty (adjective)
meaning: tasting of or containing salt 鹹味的; 有鹽分的

e.g. Taste this sause and tell me if it is too salty.

(2) salt (as adjective) - must be used before noun
meaning: containing or preseved in salt 含鹽的; 鹽醃的

e.g. I don't like eating salt pork because it is too salty.
e.g. The toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with salt water.

"The fried chicken is too salt" (this example as given in Yahoo dictionary is incorrect)