Taste vs. Palate

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.

Palatenoun

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

Palatenoun

The sense of taste.

Palatenoun

(figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)

Palatenoun

(figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.

Palatenoun

(botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Palateverb

To relish; to find palatable.

Palatenoun

The roof of the mouth.

Palatenoun

Relish; taste; liking; - a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

Palatenoun

Mental relish; intellectual taste.

Palatenoun

A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Palateverb

To perceive by the taste.

Palatenoun

the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

Palatenoun

the roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.

Palatenoun

a person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours

Palatenoun

the flavour of wine or beer

Palate

The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.