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Flavour vs Afterbite - What's the difference?

flavour | afterbite |

As nouns the difference between flavour and afterbite

is that flavour is the quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect while afterbite is something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.

As a verb flavour

is to add flavouring to something.

flavour

English

(wikipedia flavour)

Alternative forms

* flavor (American spelling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
    • The flavour of this apple pie is delicious.
  • A substance used to produce a taste. Flavouring.
    • Flavour was added to the pudding.
  • A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
    • What flavour of bubble gum do you enjoy?
  • The characteristic quality of something.
    • the flavour of an experience
  • (informal) A kind or type.
    • Debian is one flavour of the Linux operating system.
  • (physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
  • (archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
    • the flavour of a rose

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add flavouring to something.

    • Derived terms

    * flavoured * flavourful * flavouring * flavourless * flavour of the month * flavour of the week * flavoursome

    See also

    * gustatory * gustation

    afterbite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.
  • (figuratively, and, by extension) That which returns with a memory, usually one that is bitter or painful
  • * 2002 , Monica Wood, Secret Language :
    • She's dressed exactly like Faith, her hair winched into the same yellow braids. She can still feel the afterbite of Delle's nails as she raked the hair back, complaining.
  • * 2000 , Roger Kahn, Good Enough to Dream :
    • That is a marvelous month to start, particularly in the North where some April days sting with the afterbite of winter and others glow with summer promise.