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Smatch vs Afterbite - What's the difference?

smatch | afterbite |

As nouns the difference between smatch and afterbite

is that smatch is smack, taste while afterbite is something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.

As a verb smatch

is to have a taste, smack.

smatch

English

Noun

(es)
  • smack, taste
  • *
  • *:Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it
  • tincture
  • trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen

    • Verb

  • To have a taste, smack.
  • To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste.
  • (obsolete) To smack.
    • (Webster 1913)

    afterbite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.
  • (figuratively, and, by extension) That which returns with a memory, usually one that is bitter or painful
  • * 2002 , Monica Wood, Secret Language :
    • She's dressed exactly like Faith, her hair winched into the same yellow braids. She can still feel the afterbite of Delle's nails as she raked the hair back, complaining.
  • * 2000 , Roger Kahn, Good Enough to Dream :
    • That is a marvelous month to start, particularly in the North where some April days sting with the afterbite of winter and others glow with summer promise.