The difference between Sour and Sweeten
When used as verbs, sour means to make sour, whereas sweeten means to make sweet to the taste.
Sour is also noun with the meaning: the sensation of a sour taste.
Sour is also adjective with the meaning: having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
check bellow for the other definitions of Sour and Sweeten
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Sour as an adjective:
Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
Examples:
"Lemons have a sour taste."
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Sour as an adjective:
Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
Examples:
"'sour milk"
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Sour as an adjective:
Tasting or smelling rancid.
Examples:
"'sour stink"
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Sour as an adjective:
Peevish or bad-tempered.
Examples:
"He gave me a sour look."
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Sour as an adjective:
Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
Examples:
"'sour land"
"a sour marsh"
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Sour as an adjective:
Containing excess sulfur.
Examples:
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Sour as an adjective:
Unfortunate or unfavorable.
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Sour as an adjective (music):
Off-pitch, out of tune.
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Sour as a noun:
The sensation of a sour taste.
Examples:
"rfex en"
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Sour as a noun:
A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
Examples:
"rfex en"
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Sour as a noun (by extension):
Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
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Sour as a noun:
A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
Examples:
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Sour as a verb (transitive):
To make sour.
Examples:
"Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."
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Sour as a verb (intransitive):
To become sour.
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Sour as a verb (transitive):
To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
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Sour as a verb (intransitive):
To become disenchanted.
Examples:
"We broke up after our relationship soured."
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Sour as a verb (transitive):
To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
Examples:
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Sour as a verb:
To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make sweet to the taste.
Examples:
"to sweeten tea"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
Examples:
"to sweeten life"
"to sweeten friendship"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make mild or kind; to soften.
Examples:
"to sweeten the temper"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
Examples:
"to sweeten the cares of life"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
Examples:
"to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected"
"to sweeten the air"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make warm and fertile.
Examples:
"to dry and sweeten soils"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To restore to purity; to free from taint.
Examples:
"to sweeten water, butter, or meat"
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Sweeten as a verb (transitive):
To make more attractive;
Examples:
"to [[sweeten the deal#English sweeten the deal]] by increasing the price offered"
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Sweeten as a verb (intransitive):
To become sweet.