Quality vs. Taste — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Quality and Taste
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Quality
The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
An improvement in product quality
These colleges provide a better quality of education
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.
Quality
A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
He shows strong leadership qualities
The plant's aphrodisiac qualities
Taste
The sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance
The wine had a fruity taste
Quality
Of good quality; excellent
He's a quality player
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Taste
A person's liking for particular flavours
This pudding is too sweet for my taste
Quality
An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property
The medicinal qualities of a plant.
Taste
The ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard
She has frightful taste in literature
Quality
A personal trait, especially a character trait
"The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence" (George S. Patton).
Taste
Perceive or experience the flavour of
She had never tasted ice cream before
Quality
Essential character; nature
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd" (Shakespeare).
Taste
Have experience of
The team has not yet tasted victory at home
Quality
Superiority of kind
An intellect of unquestioned quality.
Taste
To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
Quality
Degree or grade of excellence
Yard goods of low quality.
Taste
To eat or drink a small quantity of.
Quality
Investments that have a low risk of loss or default
The flight to quality.
Taste
To partake of, especially for the first time; experience
Prisoners finally tasting freedom.
Quality
High social position
People of quality.
Taste
(Archaic) To appreciate or enjoy.
Quality
Those in a high social position
Likes to associate with quality.
Taste
To distinguish flavors in the mouth.
Quality
(Music) Timbre, as determined by harmonics
A voice with a distinctive metallic quality.
Taste
To have a distinct flavor
The stew tastes salty.
Quality
(Linguistics) The character of a vowel sound determined by the size and shape of the oral cavity and the amount of resonance with which the sound is produced.
Taste
To eat or drink a small amount.
Quality
(Logic) The positive or negative character of a proposition.
Taste
To have experience or enjoyment; partake
Tasted of the life of the very rich.
Quality
Having a high degree of excellence
The importance of quality health care.
Taste
The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
Quality
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
Taste
This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
Quality
(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
Taste
The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth.
Quality
(archaic) Position; status; rank.
Taste
The unified sensation produced by any of these qualities plus a distinct smell and texture; flavor.
Quality
(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
Taste
A distinctive perception as if by the sense of taste
An experience that left a bad taste in my mouth.
Quality
(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
Taste
The act of tasting.
Quality
(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
Taste
A small quantity eaten or tasted.
Quality
The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".
Taste
A limited or first experience; a sample
"Thousands entered the war, got just a taste of it, and then stepped out" (Mark Twain).
Quality
A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
Taste
A personal preference or liking
A taste for adventure.
A play that was not to my taste.
Quality
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.
We only sell quality products.
That was a quality game by Jim Smith.
A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements.
Taste
The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful, excellent, or appropriate
Has good taste in clothes.
Quality
The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality.
Taste
The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation
A remark made in bad taste.
Quality
Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary.
Taste
(Obsolete) The act of testing; trial.
Quality
That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
Taste
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
He had a strange taste in his mouth.
Venison has a strong taste.
Quality
An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding.
Taste
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
His taste was impaired by an illness.
Quality
Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling habits.
Taste
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
Quality
An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone;
The quality of mercy is not strained
Taste
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
Quality
A degree or grade of excellence or worth;
The quality of students has risen
An executive of low caliber
Taste
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.
Quality
A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;
Each town has a quality all its own
The radical character of our demands
Taste
A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.
Quality
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Taste
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Quality
High social status;
A man of quality
Taste
(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
Quality
Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches
Taste
To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
Quality
Of high social status;
People of quality
A quality family
Taste
(transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.
Taste
To experience.
I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
Taste
To take sparingly.
Taste
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
Taste
(obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.
Taste
To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
Taste
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.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.
Taste
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
I tasted a little of this honey.
Taste
To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
He . . . should taste death for every man.
Taste
To partake of; to participate in; - usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Thou . . . wilt tasteNo pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.
Taste
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.
Taste
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.
Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reasonShall to the king taste of this action.
Taste
To take sparingly.
For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
Taste
To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Taste
The act of tasting; gustation.
Taste
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.
Taste
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.
Taste
Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; - formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
I have no tasteOf popular applause.
Taste
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.
Taste
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.
Taste
Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
Taste
A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tasted or eaten; a bit.
Taste
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,Active and strong, and feelingly aliveTo each fine impulse? a discerning senseOf decent and sublime, with quick disgustFrom things deformed, or disarranged, or grossIn species? This, nor gems, nor stores of gold,Nor purple state, nor culture, can bestow,But God alone, when first his active handImprints the secret bias of the soul.
Taste
The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;
The candy left him with a bad taste
The melon had a delicious taste
Taste
A strong liking;
My own preference is for good literature
The Irish have a penchant for blarney
Taste
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Taste
A brief experience of something;
He got a taste of life on the wild side
She enjoyed her brief taste of independence
Taste
A small amount eaten or drunk;
Take a taste--you'll like it
Taste
The faculty of taste;
His cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Taste
A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;
A wine tasting
Taste
Have flavor; taste of something
Taste
Take a sample of;
Try these new crackers
Sample the regional dishes
Taste
Perceive by the sense of taste;
Can you taste the garlic?
Taste
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
This tastes of nutmeg
Taste
Distinguish flavors;
We tasted wines last night
Taste
Experience briefly;
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
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