Savor vs. Taste — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Savor and Taste
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Savor
A specific taste or smell
The savor of fresh mint.
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.
Savor
The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell
"There is little savor in dead men's meat" (Stephen Vincent Benét).
Taste
The sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance
The wine had a fruity taste
Savor
A distinctive quality or characteristic
Enjoyed the savors of local life on their trip.
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Taste
A person's liking for particular flavours
This pudding is too sweet for my taste
Savor
To have a particular taste or smell
A dish that savors of curry.
Taste
The ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard
She has frightful taste in literature
Savor
To exhibit a specified quality or characteristic; smack
Postures that savored of vanity.
Taste
Perceive or experience the flavour of
She had never tasted ice cream before
Savor
To taste or smell, especially with pleasure
Savored each morsel of the feast.
Taste
Have experience of
The team has not yet tasted victory at home
Savor
To appreciate fully; enjoy or relish
I want to savor this moment of accomplishment.
Taste
To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
Savor
That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things.
Taste
To eat or drink a small quantity of.
Savor
Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit?
Taste
To partake of, especially for the first time; experience
Prisoners finally tasting freedom.
Savor
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
Taste
(Archaic) To appreciate or enjoy.
Savor
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
She shall no savor have therein but lite.
Taste
To distinguish flavors in the mouth.
Savor
To have a particular smell or taste; - with of.
Taste
To have a distinct flavor
The stew tastes salty.
Savor
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; - with of.
This savors not much of distraction.
I have rejected everything that savors of party.
Taste
To eat or drink a small amount.
Savor
To use the sense of taste.
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling.
Taste
To have experience or enjoyment; partake
Tasted of the life of the very rich.
Savor
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
Taste
The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
Savor
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
That cuts us off from hope, and savors onlyRancor and pride, impatience and despite.
Taste
This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
Savor
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
Taste
The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth.
Savor
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Taste
The unified sensation produced by any of these qualities plus a distinct smell and texture; flavor.
Savor
Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in;
She relished her fame and basked in her glory
Taste
A distinctive perception as if by the sense of taste
An experience that left a bad taste in my mouth.
Savor
Have flavor; taste of something
Taste
The act of tasting.
Savor
Taste appreciatively;
Savor the soup
Taste
A small quantity eaten or tasted.
Savor
Give taste to
Taste
A limited or first experience; a sample
"Thousands entered the war, got just a taste of it, and then stepped out" (Mark Twain).
Taste
A personal preference or liking
A taste for adventure.
A play that was not to my taste.
Taste
The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful, excellent, or appropriate
Has good taste in clothes.
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.
Taste
(Obsolete) The act of testing; trial.
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.
Taste
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
His taste was impaired by an illness.
Taste
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
Taste
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
Taste
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.
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.
Taste
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Taste
(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
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.
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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