Smack vs. Taste
Difference Between Smack and Taste
Smacknoun
A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
rice pudding with a smack of cinnamonTastenoun
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.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.
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 tasteSmackverb
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 blarneySmackverb
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 tasteSmackadverb
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 independenceSmacknoun
a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
Tastenoun
a small amount eaten or drunk;
take a taste--you'll like itSmacknoun
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 tasteSmacknoun
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 tastingSmacknoun
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 dishesSmacknoun
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 misbehavedTasteverb
have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
This tastes of nutmegSmackverb
have an element suggestive (of something);
his speeches smacked of racismTasteverb
distinguish flavors;
We tasted wines last nightSmackverb
have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
This tastes of nutmegTasteverb
experience briefly;
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she diedSmackverb
kiss lightly
Smackverb
eat noisily by smacking one's lips
Smackadverb
directly;
he ran bang into the poleran slap into her
