palate vs tang

palate

noun
  • Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks. 

  • The hypopharynx of an insect. 

  • A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon. 

  • A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. 

  • Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something. 

  • A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates. 

  • The palate of an animal, as an item of food. 

verb
  • To relish; to find palatable. 

tang

noun
  • A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. 

  • A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. 

  • A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. 

  • Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma. 

  • sexual intercourse with a woman 

  • knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) 

  • The vagina. 

  • A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. 

  • The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. 

  • A shuffleboard paddle. 

  • A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. 

  • The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. 

  • Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle. 

  • The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. 

verb
  • To make a ringing sound; to ring. 

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