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Sourness vs Astringency - What's the difference?

sourness | astringency | Related terms |

Sourness is a related term of astringency.


As nouns the difference between sourness and astringency

is that sourness is the quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities while astringency is an astringent taste.

sourness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.
    • 1811' ''Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to '''sourness , in her aspect.'' — Jane Austen, ''Sense and Sensibility , Chapter 2.1.

    astringency

    English

    Alternative forms

    * astringence

    Noun

    (astringencies)
  • An astringent taste.
  • That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.