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Taster vs Tastebud - What's the difference?

taster | tastebud |

As nouns the difference between taster and tastebud

is that taster is that in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like while tastebud is the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.

taster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
  • One who tastes anything, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
  • * Dryden
    • Thy tutor be thy taster , ere thou eat.
  • (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
  • A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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    tastebud

    English

    (wikipedia tastebud)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The small organs on the tongue used for tasting.