Penchant vs Zest - What's the difference?
penchant | zest | Related terms |
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
* Young
* Gogan
The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
* 2006 , N. J. Nusha, On the edge: short stories (page 85)
(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
To make more zesty
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Penchant is a related term of zest.
As nouns the difference between penchant and zest
is that penchant is taste, liking, or inclination (for) while zest is gesture.zest
English
Noun
(wikipedia zest)- The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.
- Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
- Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe / Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
- Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
- The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.