sour vs acid

sour and acid both are nouns.

sour and acid both are adjectives.

sour is a verb but acid is not a verb.

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

sour (noun)	acid (noun)
the property of being acidic	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth	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
a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

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

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

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