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Relish vs. Zest — What's the Difference?

Relish vs. Zest — What's the Difference?

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Relish

A relish is a cooked and pickled product made of chopped vegetables, fruits, pickles or herbs and is a food item typically used as a condiment or as a salsa to enhance a staple. Examples are chutneys and the North American relish, a pickled cucumber jam eaten with hot dogs or hamburgers.

Zest

Flavor or piquancy
A spice that lends zest to the sauce.

Relish

Hearty enjoyment or appreciation
"pausing with the relish of a man who knows he's about to get off a zinger" (Tad Friend).

Zest

Interest or excitement
"A spiral staircase always adds zest to a setting" (P. J. O'Rourke).

Relish

Something that lends pleasure or zest
The fact that the opposing team is our longtime rival was an added relish to our victory.
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Zest

The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring
Added a pinch of grated zest.

Relish

A keen liking for something
A relish for adventure.

Zest

Spirited enjoyment; gusto
"At 53 he retains all the heady zest of adolescence" (Kenneth Tynan).

Relish

A spicy or savory condiment or appetizer, such as chutney or olives.

Zest

To remove small pieces from (a rind from a citrus fruit) for use as a flavoring in cooking
Zested the lemon.

Relish

A condiment of chopped sweet pickles.

Zest

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.

Relish

The flavor of a food, especially when appetizing.

Zest

General vibrance of flavour.
I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.

Relish

A trace or suggestion of a pleasurable quality.

Zest

(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Relish

To take keen pleasure in; enjoy fully
Relished every minute of their vacation.

Zest

(rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Relish

To be pleased with or look forward to
I don't relish speaking with that student's parents about his behavior.

Zest

(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.

Relish

(Archaic) To give spice or flavor to.

Zest

To make more zesty.

Relish

(Archaic) To have a pleasing or distinctive taste.

Zest

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Relish

A pleasant taste.

Zest

Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
Almighty Vanity! to thee they oweTheir zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.

Relish

Enjoyment; pleasure.

Zest

The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Relish

A quality or characteristic tinge.

Zest

To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Relish

(followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.

Zest

To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

Relish

A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.

Zest

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

Relish

In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Zest

A tart spiciness

Relish

Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

Zest

Add herbs or spices to

Relish

(transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of

Relish

(transitive) To take great pleasure in.
He relishes their time together.
I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.

Relish

To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.

Relish

(transitive) To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing.

Relish

To give pleasure.

Relish

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
Now I begin to relish thy advice.
He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys.

Relish

To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
A savory bit that served to relish wine.

Relish

To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits.
A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.

Relish

A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
Much pleasure we have lost while we abstainedFrom this delightful fruit, nor known till nowTrue relish, tasting.
When liberty is gone,Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish.

Relish

Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
It preserve some relish of old writing.

Relish

A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
A relish for whatever was excelent in arts.
I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be j dicious.

Relish

That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

Relish

The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Relish

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

Relish

Spicy or savory condiment

Relish

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

Relish

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in;
She relished her fame and basked in her glory

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