Bitter vs. Sweet

Bitter vs. Sweet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bitter and Sweet

Bitteradjective

Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

The coffee tasted bitter.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

a sweet apple

Bitteradjective

Harsh, piercing or stinging.

Sweetadjective

Having a taste of sugar.

Bitteradjective

Hateful or hostile.

They're bitter enemies.

Sweetadjective

Containing a sweetening ingredient.

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Bitteradjective

Cynical and resentful.

I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

Sweetadjective

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

Bitternoun

(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

Sweetadjective

Not having a salty taste.

sweet butter

Bitternoun

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant smell.

a sweet scent
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Bitternoun

(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Sweetadjective

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

sweet milk

Bitternoun

A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant sound.

a sweet tune

Bitterverb

To make bitter.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasing disposition.

a sweet child

Bitternoun

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

Sweetadjective

Having a helpful disposition.

It was sweet of him to help out.

Bitternoun

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

Sweetadjective

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

sweet soilsweet crude oil

Bitternoun

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Sweetadjective

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.

Bitterverb

make bitter

Sweetadjective

}} Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).

The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.

Bitteradjective

marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

an acrimonious disputebitter about the divorce

Sweetadjective

(obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

sweet water

Bitteradjective

very difficult to accept or bear;

the bitter trutha bitter sorrow

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion

Bitteradjective

harsh or corrosive in tone;

an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prosea barrage of acid commentsher acrid remarks make her many enemiesbitter wordsblistering criticismcaustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethicsa sulfurous denunciation

Sweetadverb

In a sweet manner.

Bitteradjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine

Sweetnoun

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Bitteradjective

expressive of severe grief or regret;

shed bitter tears

Sweetnoun

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

Bitteradjective

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;

a bitter strugglebitter enemies

Sweetnoun

A food eaten for dessert.

Can we see the sweet menu, please?

Bitteradjective

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold;

bitter colda biting wind

Sweetnoun

sweetheart; darling.

Bitteradverb

extremely and sharply;

it was bitterly coldbitter cold

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Sweetnoun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

Sweetnoun

a dish served as the last course of a meal

Sweetnoun

a food rich in sugar

Sweetnoun

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

Sweetnoun

the property of containing sugar

Sweetadjective

having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Sweetadjective

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

an angelic smilea cherubic facelooking so seraphic when he slepta sweet disposition

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the ear;

the dulcet tones of the cello

Sweetadjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the senses;

the sweet song of the larkthe sweet face of a child

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the mind or feeling;

sweet revenge

Sweetadjective

having a natural fragrance;

odoriferous spicesthe odorous air of the orchardthe perfumed air of Junescented flowers

Sweetadjective

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Sweetadjective

not soured or preserved;

sweet milk

Sweetadjective

with sweetening added

Sweetadjective

not having a salty taste;

sweet water

Sweetadverb

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');

Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetlyhow sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this banktalking sweet to each other