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Palate vs Skyward - What's the difference?

palate | skyward |

As a noun palate

is (anatomy) the roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

As a verb palate

is (nonstandard) to relish; to find palatable.

As an adverb skyward is

at or toward the sky.

As an adjective skyward is

pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.

palate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  • The sense of taste.
  • (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
  • (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  • (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

    • Derived terms

    * palatable * palatal * palatally * hard palate * soft palate

    Verb

    (palat)
  • (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
  • * Wired [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/film-culturomics/]
    • "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate ," said Sreenivasan.

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Etruscan ----

    skyward

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • At or toward the sky.
    • The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.