taste vs exteroception

exteroception vs taste

taste and exteroception both are nouns.

taste is a verb but exteroception is not a verb.

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

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

taste: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
exteroception: sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

Other hypernyms of taste include modality, sense modality, sensory system.

taste (noun)	exteroception (noun)
a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds	sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
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

taste (verb)	exteroception (verb)
experience briefly
take a sample of
perceive by the sense of taste
distinguish flavors
have flavor; taste of something
have a distinctive or characteristic taste

Difference between taste and exteroception

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