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Gaiety vs Relish - What's the difference?

gaiety | relish |

As nouns the difference between gaiety and relish

is that gaiety is (uncountable)  the state of being happy while relish is a pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.

As a verb relish is

(obsolete|intransitive) to taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.

gaiety

English

Noun

  • (uncountable)  The state of being happy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety .  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
  • (countable)  Merrymaking or festivity.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being happy) gayness

    relish

    English

    (wikipedia relish)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 12.
    • A Laplander or Negro has no notion of the relish of wine.
  • * Milton
    • Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained / From this delightful fruit, nor known till now / True relish , tasting.
  • * Addison
    • When liberty is gone, / Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish .
  • Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • It preserves some relish of old writing.
  • A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • * Macaulay
    • a relish for whatever was excellent in arts
  • * Cowper
    • I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
  • That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
  • A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
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  • In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
  • *, II.3.3:
    • honourable enterprises are accompanied with dangers and damages, as experience evinceth; they will make the rest of thy life relish the better.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits.
  • * Woodward
    • A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.
  • To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
  • * Dryden
    • a sav'ry bit that served to relish wine
  • To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of; to take great pleasure in.
    • He relishes their time together.
    I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now I begin to relish thy advice.
  • * Atterbury
    • He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.

    Synonyms

    * appreciate * delight in * enjoy * like * revel