What's the difference between aftertaste and taste?

Aftertaste


Definition:

  • (n.) A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So while I still like my Pebble (I've set it to show when I get a call; texts are in the past), there's a bitter aftertaste.
  • (2) It comes, as it should, in a bag of liquid, and is firm to the touch but with a good level of gentle fluffiness inside and a delicate, creamy aftertaste.
  • (3) No serious side effects were noted other than a "fishy aftertaste."
  • (4) "It's sweet and there's acidity and depth of flavour and it's clean, you drink it and you get the full flavour but there's no lingering aftertaste.
  • (5) In my opinion, it has a dry, tinny, bitter aftertaste.
  • (6) And while I am thrilled that a percentage of these funds goes towards research, I can't get rid of this foul aftertaste.
  • (7) You'll unwillingly savour it all, and the aftertaste will linger on your mind's tongue for several hours afterwards.
  • (8) The crickets had a slightly fishy aftertaste and the buffalo worms a metallic one.
  • (9) Zero Dark Thirty slakes a thirst for vengeance and leaves an aftertaste of gall.
  • (10) Six users of zinc reported nausea (versus no placebo users), and eight reported an unpleasant taste or aftertaste (versus one placebo user).
  • (11) It is widely accepted within rail industry circles that a renegotiation of the west coast franchise in 2006 left a bitter aftertaste for some at the DfT.
  • (12) It left a bitter aftertaste and the new project has had to work hard to rebuild people’s trust that windpower could serve the needs of the community rather than major commercial developers.
  • (13) Google prides itself on being a company of engineers, and – despite all its bells and whistles – the Nexus One still leaves behind an aftertaste of nerdiness.
  • (14) Blends of this dipeptide with (i) sodium saccharin, (ii) sodium saccharin and sucrose, and (iii) sodium saccharin, sucrose, and calcium cyclamate did not differ significantly from 4 or 12 percent sucrose in bitterness, off-flavors, or aftertaste.
  • (15) The proteins monellin and thaumatin, as well as the chalcone glycoside, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, all have long aftertastes and thus tended to fall proximate to one another.
  • (16) On 'Pinktober': While I support awareness initiatives, especially for serious illnesses, breast cancer awareness month here in the US has a slightly foul aftertaste of what we call a Hallmark holiday.
  • (17) Benignly billed as a “memoir”, it leaves a sense of grubby prurience, of things one would wish to but can never un-know and a bitter aftertaste.
  • (18) On the other hand, Cantor's lack of personal charm probably didn't mean much in terms of the race – though you can see how years of terse brush-offs to reporters has already given the coverage a particularly giddy aftertaste.
  • (19) Xinjiang beer aficionados said the IPA’s “floral aftertaste” meant it compared favourably with the local lager, Dawusu.
  • (20) Our findings support anecdotal observations and claims often made by parents that cephalosporin antimicrobial suspensions taste good and are readily accepted by children and that penicillin suspensions have an unpleasant taste and aftertaste and are poorly accepted.

Taste


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
  • (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
  • (v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
  • (v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
  • (v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
  • (v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
  • (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
  • (v. i.) To take sparingly.
  • (v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
  • (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
  • (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
  • (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
  • (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
  • (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
  • (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
  • (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
  • (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
  • (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Serially sectioned rabbit foliate taste buds were examined with high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and computer-assisted, three-dimensional reconstruction.
  • (2) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
  • (3) The importance of the other factors associated with taste is also discussed.
  • (4) It’s a bright, simple space with wooden tables and high stalls and offers tastings and beer-making workshops.
  • (5) Tissue sections, taken from foliate and circumvallate papillae, generally revealed taste buds in which all cells were immunoreactive; however, occasionally some taste buds were found to contain highly reactive individual cells adjacent to non-reactive cells.
  • (6) Umami taste appears to signal, at the gustatory level, the intake of proteins, therefore the working hypothesis was: does umami taste of a monosodium glutamate (MSG) solution elicit changes in both glucagon and insulin release, similar to those elicited by amino acids, and consequently, changes in plasma glucose and in overall cellular metabolism?
  • (7) The impact of von Békésy's microstimulation experiments on the physiology of taste is discussed.
  • (8) Often, flavorings such as chocolate and strawberry and sugars are added to low-fat and skim milk to make up for the loss of taste when the fat is removed.
  • (9) The possibility of applying Signal Detection Theory (SDT) to gustation was investigated by testing the effect of three variables--smoking, signal probability, and food intake (confounded with time of day)--on the taste sensitivity to sucrose of 24 male and 24 female Ss.
  • (10) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
  • (11) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
  • (12) When the rats were given the two-bottle taste aversion test neither compound was found to be aversive.
  • (13) Drowsiness and altered taste perception were increased significantly over placebo only in the high-dose azelastine group.
  • (14) Application of 1 mM BT (pH 6.3) to the human tongue statistically potentiated the taste of 0.2 M NaCl and 0.2 M LiCl by 33.5% and 12.5% respectively.
  • (15) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
  • (16) A transient increase in the membrane potential was observed when distilled water was applied to the membrane adapted to an appropriate salt solution, which was similar to the water response observed in taste cells.
  • (17) In contrast, periadolescent animals demonstrated a marked resistance to amphetamine's taste aversion inducing properties when compared with either infant or young adult animals.
  • (18) Denatonium, a very bitter substance, caused a rise in the intracellular calcium concentration due to release from internal stores in a small subpopulation of taste cells.
  • (19) A history and physical examination focused on signs and symptoms of chemosensory disorders, in combination with screening tests for taste and smell function, can quickly and easily delineate the general type and cause of the dysfunction.
  • (20) For humans, taste plays a key role in food selection.

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