taste perception vs sensation

taste perception and sensation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taste perception	Yes	No	No	No
sensation	Yes	No	No	No

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

taste perception: 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 perception include aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression.

taste perception (noun)	sensation (noun)
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus	an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
	a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
	someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
	a state of widespread public excitement and interest