taste vs modality

modality vs taste

taste and modality both are nouns.

taste is a verb but modality is not a verb.

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

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

taste: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
modality: a particular sense

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

taste (noun)	modality (noun)
a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds	a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)	a particular sense
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus	a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
a brief experience of something
a strong liking
a small amount eaten or drunk

taste (verb)	modality (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 modality

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