Flavor vs. Flavoring

Flavornoun

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

‘The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.’;

Flavoringnoun

(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.

‘This soda has an artificial flavoring, I can taste the after taste.’;

Flavornoun

A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.

‘Flavor was added to the pudding.’;

Flavoringverb

present participle of flavor

Flavornoun

A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.

‘What flavor of bubble gum do you enjoy?’;

Flavoringnoun

something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.

Flavornoun

The characteristic quality of something.

‘the flavor of an experience’;

Flavoringnoun

something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Flavornoun

(informal) A kind or type.

‘Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.’;

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.

‘the flavor of a rose’;

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;

‘the feel of the city excited him’; ‘a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting’; ‘it had the smell of treason’;

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;

‘Season the chicken breast after roasting it’;

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.

‘trigeminal senses’;