Smack vs. Taste

Smack vs. Taste — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Smack and Taste

Smacknoun

A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

Tastenoun

One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

Smacknoun

A slight trace of something; a smattering.

Tastenoun

A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

Smacknoun

(slang) Heroin.

Tastenoun

Personal preference; liking; predilection.

I have developed a taste for fine wine.
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Smacknoun

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack.

Tastenoun

A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

Smacknoun

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

Tastenoun

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Smacknoun

A loud kiss.

Tasteverb

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

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Smacknoun

A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Tasteverb

(intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.

The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.

Smackverb

(transitive) To get the flavor of.

Tasteverb

To experience.

I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Smackverb

(intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

Tasteverb

To take sparingly.

Smackverb

(intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.

Tasteverb

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

Smackverb

To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.

Tasteverb

(obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

Smackverb

(New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)

Tastenoun

the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;

the candy left him with a bad tastethe melon had a delicious taste

Smackverb

To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

Tastenoun

a strong liking;

my own preference is for good literaturethe Irish have a penchant for blarney

Smackverb

To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Tastenoun

delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid successto ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste

Smackadverb

As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

Right smack bang in the middle.

Tastenoun

a brief experience of something;

he got a taste of life on the wild sideshe enjoyed her brief taste of independence

Smacknoun

a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

Tastenoun

a small amount eaten or drunk;

take a taste--you'll like it

Smacknoun

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Tastenoun

the faculty of taste;

his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

Smacknoun

a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

Tastenoun

a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;

a wine tasting

Smacknoun

street names for heroin

Tasteverb

have flavor; taste of something

Smacknoun

an enthusiastic kiss

Tasteverb

take a sample of;

Try these new crackersSample the regional dishes

Smacknoun

the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Tasteverb

perceive by the sense of taste;

Can you taste the garlic?

Smackverb

deliver a hard blow to;

The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Tasteverb

have a distinctive or characteristic taste;

This tastes of nutmeg

Smackverb

have an element suggestive (of something);

his speeches smacked of racism

Tasteverb

distinguish flavors;

We tasted wines last night

Smackverb

have a distinctive or characteristic taste;

This tastes of nutmeg

Tasteverb

experience briefly;

The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died

Smackverb

kiss lightly

Smackverb

eat noisily by smacking one's lips

Smackadverb

directly;

he ran bang into the poleran slap into her