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Relish vs Liking - What's the difference?

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Relish is a related term of liking.


As nouns the difference between relish and liking

is that relish is a pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing while liking is likeness.

As a verb relish

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

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. ยง 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.
  • * '>citation
  • 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

    liking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A like; a predilection.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.}}
  • * (John Stuart Mill)
    • The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

    Derived terms

    * for one's liking * to one's liking * take a liking to