The difference between Discernment and Taste

When used as nouns, discernment means the ability to distinguish, whereas taste means one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

Taste is also verb with the meaning: to sample the flavor of something orally.

check bellow for the other definitions of Discernment and Taste

  1. Discernment as a noun:

    The ability to distinguish; judgement.

  2. Discernment as a noun:

    Discrimination.

  3. Discernment as a noun:

    The ability to distinguish between things.

  4. Discernment as a noun:

    The ability to perceive differences that exist.

  5. Discernment as a noun:

    The condition of understanding.

  6. Discernment as a noun:

    Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.

  7. Discernment as a noun:

    Perceptiveness.

  8. Discernment as a noun:

    The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.

  9. Discernment as a noun:

    Discretion in judging objectively.

  1. Taste as a noun:

    One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

  2. Taste as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):

    A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

    Examples:

    "Dr. Parker has good taste in wine."

  3. Taste as a noun:

    Personal preference; liking; predilection.

    Examples:

    "I have developed a taste for fine wine."

  4. Taste as a noun (uncountable, figuratively):

    A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

  5. Taste as a noun:

    A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

  1. Taste as a verb (transitive):

    To sample the flavor of something orally.

  2. Taste as a verb (intransitive):

    To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.

    Examples:

    "The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic."

  3. Taste as a verb:

    To experience.

    Examples:

    "I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise."

    "They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom."

  4. Taste as a verb:

    To take sparingly.

  5. Taste as a verb:

    To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

  6. Taste as a verb (obsolete):

    To try by the touch; to handle.

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