Taste vs. Test

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.

Testnoun

A challenge, trial.

Testnoun

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Testnoun

(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

Testnoun

A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

Testnoun

A Test match.

Testnoun

(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.

Testnoun

(botany) Testa; seed coat.

Testnoun

(obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Testnoun

(obsolete) A witness.

Testnoun

testosterone

Testverb

To challenge.

Testverb

To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

Testverb

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

Testverb

(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

Testverb

To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

Testverb

(copulative) To be shown to be by test.

Testverb

(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

Testverb

To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

Testverb

To make a testament, or will.

Testnoun

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Testnoun

Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

Testnoun

Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

Testnoun

That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Testnoun

Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Testnoun

Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Testnoun

A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

Testnoun

A set of questions to be answered or problems to be solved, used as a means to measure a person's knowledge, aptitude, skill, intelligence, etc.; in school settings, synonymous with examination or exam; as, an intelligence test. Also used attributively; as a test score, test results.

Testnoun

A witness.

Testnoun

The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

Testnoun

The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.

Testverb

To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

Testverb

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

Testverb

To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

Testverb

To administer a test to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction.

Testverb

To make a testament, or will.

Testnoun

any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc;

Testnoun

the act of testing something;

Testnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

Testnoun

trying something to find out about it;

Testnoun

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

Testnoun

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

Testverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

Testverb

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

Testverb

examine someone's knowledge of something;

Testverb

show a certain characteristic when tested;

Testverb

achieve a certain score or rating on a test;

Testverb

determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

Testverb

undergo a test;