acid vs sour

acid and sour both are nouns.

acid and sour both are adjectives.

acid is not a verb while sour is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acid	Yes	Yes	No	No
sour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

acid (noun)	sour (noun)
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide	the property of being acidic
any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt	the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
	a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

acid (adjective)	sour (adjective)
having the characteristics of an acid	having a sharp biting taste
being sour to the taste	showing a brooding ill humor
harsh or corrosive in tone	inaccurate in pitch
	smelling of fermentation or staleness
	in an unpalatable state
	one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

acid (verb)	sour (verb)
	go sour or spoil
	make sour or more sour

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