finesse vs taste

finesse

verb
  • To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem. 

  • To play (a card) as a finesse. 

  • To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation. 

  • To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 

  • To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 

noun
  • An adroit manoeuvre. 

  • The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. 

  • In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. 

  • Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. 

taste

verb
  • To take sparingly. 

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

  • To sample the flavor of something orally. 

  • To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally. 

  • To experience. 

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

noun
  • The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. 

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

  • A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. 

  • One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. 

  • Personal preference; liking; predilection. 

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

  • A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. 

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