swallow vs taste

taste vs swallow

swallow and taste both are nouns.

swallow and taste both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swallow	Yes	No	Yes	No
taste	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, taste is a hypernym of swallow; that is, taste is a word with a broader meaning than swallow:

swallow: a small amount of liquid food
taste: a small amount eaten or drunk

Other hypernyms of swallow include mouthful.

swallow (noun)	taste (noun)
the act of swallowing	a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations	delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
a small amount of liquid food	the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
	the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
	a brief experience of something
	a strong liking
	a small amount eaten or drunk

swallow (verb)	taste (verb)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge	experience briefly
keep from expressing	take a sample of
tolerate or accommodate oneself to	perceive by the sense of taste
take back what one has said	distinguish flavors
utter unclearly	have flavor; taste of something
engulf and destroy	have a distinctive or characteristic taste
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

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