Bitter vs. Sour

Bitteradjective

Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

Bitteradjective

Harsh, piercing or stinging.

Bitteradjective

Hateful or hostile.

Bitteradjective

Cynical and resentful.

Bitternoun

(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

Bitternoun

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Bitternoun

(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Bitternoun

A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

Bitterverb

To make bitter.

Bitternoun

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

Bitternoun

Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

Bitteradjective

Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

Bitteradjective

Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

Bitteradjective

Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

Bitteradjective

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

Bitteradjective

Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Bitterverb

To make bitter.

Bitternoun

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

Bitternoun

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

Bitternoun

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Bitterverb

make bitter

Bitteradjective

marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

Bitteradjective

very difficult to accept or bear;

Bitteradjective

harsh or corrosive in tone;

Bitteradjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine

Bitteradjective

expressive of severe grief or regret;

Bitteradjective

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;

Bitteradjective

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold;

Bitteradverb

extremely and sharply;

Souradjective

Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

Souradjective

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

Souradjective

Tasting or smelling rancid.

Souradjective

Peevish or bad-tempered.

Souradjective

Excessively acidic and thus infertile.

Souradjective

Containing excess sulfur.

Souradjective

Unfortunate or unfavorable.

Souradjective

(music) Off-pitch, out of tune.

Sournoun

The sensation of a sour taste.

Sournoun

A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

Sournoun

(by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

Sournoun

A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Sourverb

(transitive) To make sour.

Sourverb

(intransitive) To become sour.

Sourverb

(transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.

Sourverb

(intransitive) To become disenchanted.

Sourverb

(transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

Sourverb

To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

Souradjective

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

Souradjective

Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.

Souradjective

Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.

Souradjective

Afflictive; painful.

Souradjective

Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.

Sournoun

A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Sourverb

To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.

Sourverb

To make cold and unproductive, as soil.

Sourverb

To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.

Sourverb

To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.

Sourverb

To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.

Sourverb

To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

Sournoun

a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

Sournoun

the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Sournoun

the property of being acidic

Sourverb

go sour or spoil;

Sourverb

make sour or more sour

Souradjective

smelling of fermentation or staleness

Souradjective

having a sharp biting taste

Souradjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Souradjective

in an unpalatable state;

Souradjective

inaccurate in pitch;

Souradjective

showing a brooding ill humor;