What's the difference between sapid and tasty?

Sapid


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The remaining 35 neurons responded significantly to at least some sapid stimuli.
  • (2) Test stimuli consisted of sapid solutions of NaCl (0.1 M), HCl (0.01 M), sucrose (0.5 M), Na-saccharin (0.004 M) and quinine-HCl (0.01 M).
  • (3) Sapid solutions of NaCl (0.1 M), HCl (0.01 M), sucrose (0.5 M), saccharin sodium (0.004 M), and quinine HCl (.01 M) were used as taste stimuli.
  • (4) Deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were tested for taste preferences in 48-hour, Richter-type drinking tests (sapid solution versus distilled water).
  • (5) For example, sapid sucrose, NaCl and HCl stimuli elicited a response sequence beginning with low amplitude, rhythmic mouth movements, followed by rhythmic tongue protrusions, and then lateral tongue movements.
  • (6) These data suggest that about half of the LHA neurons increased their activity in anticipatory (searching or approaching) periods just before ingestion, and decreased activity in rewarding periods during ingestion of water or sapid solutions.
  • (7) Like the odorant-binding proteins, this protein shows similarity to members of a protein superfamily of hydrophobic molecule transporters, indicating that pre-receptor events could also be necessary for the concentration and delivery of sapid molecules in the gustatory system, and emphasizing the close relationship of taste and olfaction.
  • (8) Of these, 25 responded only to one of four sapid stimuli; 20 of these specific cells responded only to NaCl.
  • (9) First, multiunit responses from the dorsal pons were mapped using sapid, thermal, and tactile stimuli applied to the anterior tongue.
  • (10) The present study tested the effects of bilateral section of either the chorda tympani or glossopharyngeal nerves on the production of oro-pharyngeal electromyographic (EMG) responses to intra-oral sapid stimulation.
  • (11) We measured the reward strength of HVD and other sapid substances with operant techniques.
  • (12) Stepwise modification at each chiral center around the sugar ring allows the sapid functions in these molecules to be mapped and leads to the inescapable conclusion that sugar molecules may be "polarized" on taste bud receptors, so that one end of the molecule elicits sweetness and the other bitterness.
  • (13) Type 2 and type 3 microenvironments fix peroxidase (a sapid macromolecule) with increasing affinity.
  • (14) VEG protein might control access of lipophilic sapid molecules, such as bitter substances, to the gustatory receptors.
  • (15) A total of 51 single neurons was recorded from the pontine parabrachial nuclei of three rats being given sapid stimuli either via intraoral infusions or during spontaneous licking behavior.
  • (16) In 101 of these neurons, at least one sapid stimulus elicited a significant taste response.
  • (17) Six male cynomolgus monkeys, maintained on an 18-h water deprivation schedule, were given 30 min access daily to a sapid stimulus or distilled water.
  • (18) First, for each neuron, the responses elicited during licking and intraoral infusions were compared for each of the four standard sapid stimuli.
  • (19) These specific groups, however, were joined in a ring-like formation by other neurons that responded to more than one of the sapid stimuli.
  • (20) For further clarification of the relation between these orofacial movements (the buccal phase of ingestion) and the act of swallowing (the pharyngeal phase), electromyographic responses to intraoral sapid stimulation were recorded from a subset of orofacial and pharyngeal muscles in a freely moving chronic preparation.

Tasty


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.
  • (n.) Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Internet search advertising is set to remain buoyant, with a tasty 25% growth rate.
  • (2) If you buy your tarragon from a garden centre, beware of that rather bitter, dragonish impostor, A. dracunculoides, or Russian tarragon, which is a much less refined and tasty thing.
  • (3) My regret at not eating these tasty snacks is soon allayed by Sara’s magical wilderness cooking skills: she somehow conjures up a three-course dinner from a few packets and a single burner.
  • (4) read one banner, against the woman whose family is reviled for taking tasty slices of state business and contracts, and plundering Tunisia's wealth.
  • (5) My roast beef sandwich with crispy onions and celeriac was tasty, although the decision to serve it on a slight sweet buttermilk roll is a curious one.
  • (6) We don't know too many cardinals, but we know what she means: this is gloriously tasty food, to be cooked for those you really love.
  • (7) Naive boy from the country moves to the big city and things go wrong.” We are drinking herbal tea and eating (very tasty) vegetables in Moby’s newly opened vegan restaurant in blue-skied Los Angeles.
  • (8) I make ful cobi with my cookery students: carrot, peas, cauliflower and sweetcorn, gently stir-fried with mustard seeds, ginger, garlic and green chillies, and they're amazed how tasty it is.
  • (9) Slovakia, not starring revelation Vladimir Weiss Jnr., or indeed Sestak, but at least tasty former Chelsea winger Miroslav Stoch comes in: Mucha, Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Zabavnik, Hamsik, Strba, Kucka, Stoch, Vittek, Jendrisek.
  • (10) Annie's soda bread Photograph: Pai9arhonalcna for the Guardian Easy peasy and very tasty.
  • (11) After another two kilometres down the boulevard is the Something Good roadhouse for a tasty burger and shake to-go.
  • (12) In its review , the Economis t came up with a useful everyday analogy: high-frequency traders are like "the people who offer you tasty titbits as you enter the supermarket to entice you to buy; but in this case, as you show appreciation for the goods, they race through the aisles to mark the price up before you can get your trolley to the chosen counter".
  • (13) Another new spot, Victor (11 rue Victor Massé), offers a good deal for lunch, with a tasty €12 plat du jour that includes dishes such as tender veal sautéed with baby leeks and hazelnuts, and crisp rocket salad and roasted new potatoes.
  • (14) The ASP drink is not only effective but also fragrant, tasty, refreshing and thirst quenching, and it appears to have no side effects.
  • (15) Tasty fruits and vegetables were given to patients to eat before major meals for better nutrient adherence and adequacy.
  • (16) If I'm out, I can guarantee she will not have left me anything nutritious and tasty in the oven.
  • (17) Lukaku was denied a second by Allsop after Seamus Coleman delivered a tasty cross from the right but Bournemouth’s pressure continued to build, their belief never wavering.
  • (18) The difference was especially marked for the categories "synthetic - natural", "unpleasant - very tasty", and "changeable - stable in times".
  • (19) The women evaluated margarine less "tasty" but "lighter", and "healthier" than butter.
  • (20) There’s tasty tapas too – olives marinated with oranges and lemons, cheese with homemade marmalade and salchichón salami, great paired with local Moscatel wine.

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