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Zest vs Verve - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between zest and verve

is that zest is the outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish while verve is excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing.

As a verb zest

is to scrape the zest from a fruit.

zest

English

Noun

(wikipedia zest)
  • The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
    • The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.
  • (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
    • Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
  • * Young
    • Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe / Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
  • * Gogan
    • Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
  • The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
  • * 2006 , N. J. Nusha, On the edge: short stories (page 85)
    • 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.

    Related terms

    () * zestful * zestfully * zesty

    Synonyms

    * (enthusiasm) gusto * spice, relish, tang

    Verb

  • (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
  • To make more zesty
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    verve

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing
  • artistic energy and enthusiasm
  • vigour, vitality and liveliness
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
  • rapture, enthusiasm
  • spirit, energy
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