Flavor vs. Taste

Flavornoun

The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

Flavornoun

A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.

Flavornoun

A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.

Flavornoun

The characteristic quality of something.

Flavornoun

(informal) A kind or type.

Flavornoun

(physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).

Flavornoun

(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.

Flavorverb

(transitive) To add flavoring to something.

Flavornoun

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

Flavornoun

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

Flavornoun

That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

Flavornoun

That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

Flavorverb

To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Flavornoun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

Flavornoun

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Flavornoun

(physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks

Flavorverb

lend flavor to;

Flavor

Flavor, or flavour, is the perceptual impression of food or other substances, and is determined primarily by the chemical senses of the gustatory and olfactory system. The , which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat, as well as temperature and texture, are also important to the overall gestalt of taste perception.

Tastenoun

One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

Tastenoun

A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

Tastenoun

Personal preference; liking; predilection.

Tastenoun

A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

Tastenoun

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Tasteverb

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

Tasteverb

(intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.

Tasteverb

To experience.

Tasteverb

To take sparingly.

Tasteverb

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

Tasteverb

(obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

Tasteverb

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

Tasteverb

To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.

Tasteverb

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

Tasteverb

To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.

Tasteverb

To partake of; to participate in; - usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

Tasteverb

To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

Tasteverb

To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.

Tasteverb

To take sparingly.

Tasteverb

To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.

Tastenoun

The act of tasting; gustation.

Tastenoun

A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.

Tastenoun

The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.

Tastenoun

Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; - formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.

Tastenoun

The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

Tastenoun

Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.

Tastenoun

Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

Tastenoun

A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tasted or eaten; a bit.

Tastenoun

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Tastenoun

the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;

Tastenoun

a strong liking;

Tastenoun

delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

Tastenoun

a brief experience of something;

Tastenoun

a small amount eaten or drunk;

Tastenoun

the faculty of taste;

Tastenoun

a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;

Tasteverb

have flavor; taste of something

Tasteverb

take a sample of;

Tasteverb

perceive by the sense of taste;

Tasteverb

have a distinctive or characteristic taste;

Tasteverb

distinguish flavors;

Tasteverb

experience briefly;

Tastenoun

the sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance

Tastenoun

the faculty of perceiving taste

Tastenoun

a small portion of food or drink taken as a sample

Tastenoun

a brief experience of something, conveying its basic character

Tastenoun

a person's liking for particular flavours

Tastenoun

a person's tendency to like or be interested in something

Tastenoun

the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard

Tastenoun

conformity or failure to conform with generally held views concerning what is offensive or acceptable

Tasteverb

perceive or experience the flavour of

Tasteverb

have a specified flavour

Tasteverb

sample the flavour of (food or drink) by taking it into the mouth

Tasteverb

eat or drink a small portion of

Tasteverb

have experience of

Taste

The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor). Taste is the perception produced or stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity, mostly on the tongue.