The difference between Smack and Taste

When used as nouns, smack means a distinct flavor, especially if slight, whereas taste means one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

When used as verbs, smack means to get the flavor of, whereas taste means to sample the flavor of something orally.

Smack is also adverb with the meaning: as if with a smack or slap.

check bellow for the other definitions of Smack and Taste

  1. Smack as a noun:

    A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

    Examples:

    "rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon"

  2. Smack as a noun:

    A slight trace of something; a smattering.

  3. Smack as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    Heroin.

  1. Smack as a verb (transitive):

    To get the flavor of.

  2. Smack as a verb (intransitive):

    To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

    Examples:

    "Her reckless behavior smacks of pride."

  3. Smack as a verb (intransitive):

    To have a particular taste; used with of.

  1. Smack as a noun:

    A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack

  1. Smack as a noun:

    A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

  2. Smack as a noun:

    A loud kiss.

  3. Smack as a noun:

    A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

  1. Smack as a verb:

    To slap someone.

  2. Smack as a verb:

    To make a smacking sound.

  3. Smack as a verb (New Zealand):

    To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)

  4. Smack as a verb:

    To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

  5. Smack as a verb:

    To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

  1. Smack as an adverb:

    As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

    Examples:

    "Right smack bang in the middle."

  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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