taste vs sensation
sensation vs tastetaste and sensation both are nouns.
taste is a verb but sensation is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| taste | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| sensation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sensation is a hypernym of
taste; that is, sensation is a
word with a broader meaning than taste:
- taste: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- sensation: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Other hypernyms of taste include
aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression.
| taste (noun) | sensation (noun) |
|---|---|
| a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
| delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended |
| the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest |
| the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| a brief experience of something | a state of widespread public excitement and interest |
| a strong liking | |
| a small amount eaten or drunk |
| taste (verb) | sensation (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 |
Words related to "taste"
- acquired taste
- aesthesis
- appreciation
- astringence
- astringency
- bit
- bite
- bitter
- bitterness
- comprehend
- connoisseurship
- consume
- culture
- degust
- delicacy
- discernment
- discretion
- discrimination
- esthesis
- experience
- exteroception
- finish
- flatness
- flavor
- flavour
- gustation
- gustatory modality
- gustatory perception
- gustatory sensation
- have
- helping
- identify
- ingest
- know
- liking
- live
- mellowness
- modality
- morsel
- mouthful
- nip
- penchant
- perceive
- perception
- perceptiveness
- portion
- predilection
- preference
- relish
- salinity
- salt
- saltiness
- sample
- sapidity
- savor
- savour
- season
- secernment
- sensation
- sense datum
- sense experience
- sense impression
- sense modality
- sense of taste
- sensing
- sensory system
- serving
- smack
- small indefinite amount
- small indefinite quantity
- sour
- sourness
- style
- sugariness
- sup
- swallow
- sweet
- sweetness
- take
- take in
- tang
- tartness
- taste
- taste perception
- taste sensation
- tasteful
- tasteless
- taster
- tasting
- tasty
- trend
- try
- try out
- vertu
- virtu
- vogue
- weakness
Words related to "sensation"
- ace
- adept
- aesthesis
- auditory sensation
- champion
- esthesis
- excitation
- excitement
- expert
- faculty
- fervor
- fervour
- genius
- gustatory perception
- gustatory sensation
- hotshot
- inflammation
- limen
- masking
- maven
- mavin
- mental faculty
- modality
- module
- odor
- odour
- olfactory perception
- olfactory sensation
- perception
- sense
- sense datum
- sense experience
- sense impression
- sense modality
- sensibility
- sensitiveness
- sensitivity
- sensory faculty
- sensory system
- sentience
- sentiency
- smell
- sound
- star
- stir
- subception
- subliminal perception
- superstar
- synaesthesia
- synesthesia
- taste
- taste perception
- taste sensation
- threshold
- track star
- virtuoso
- vision
- visual sensation
- whiz
- whizz
- wiz
- wizard
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