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Mouthfeel vs Flavour - What's the difference?

mouthfeel | flavour |

As nouns the difference between mouthfeel and flavour

is that mouthfeel is the texture of food or drink as perceived by the mouth while flavour is the quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

As a verb flavour is

to add flavouring to something.

mouthfeel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The texture of food or drink as perceived by the mouth.

    • 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