sour vs sweet

sour

Definitions

adjective

  1. having a sharp biting taste
  2. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
  3. showing a brooding ill humor
  4. smelling of fermentation or staleness
  5. in an unpalatable state
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noun

  1. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
  2. the property of being acidic
  3. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

verb

  1. make sour or more sour
  2. go sour or spoil

Examples

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sweet

Definitions

adjective

  1. with sweetening added
  2. not containing or composed of salt water
  3. not soured or preserved
  4. pleasing to the senses
  5. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
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noun

  1. a food rich in sugar
  2. a dish served as the last course of a meal
  3. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
  4. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

adverb

  1. in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

Examples

Does the plain, unsugared doughy type bagel look alike surpass the overly decorated with hundreds and thousands and pumped full of sweet chemicals with optional coating of chocolate (half dipped) Tescos Express doughnut win every time?

Basically, it is a fish stew mixed with squash, sweet potatoes, okra, tamarind, and different kinds of peppers.

He also has a deft touch with desserts: The baklava and kadayif are subtle, less sweet and honey-drenched than most.

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