flavor vs relish

flavor

noun
  • The characteristic quality of something. 

  • One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon). 

  • A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring. 

  • A variety (of taste) attributed to an object. 

  • The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. 

  • A kind or type. 

verb
  • To add flavoring to something. 

relish

noun
  • A quality or characteristic tinge. 

  • A pleasant taste. 

  • Enjoyment; pleasure. 

  • A taste (for); liking (of); fondness. 

  • A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment. 

  • In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. 

  • Something that is greatly liked or savoured. 

verb
  • To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of 

  • To take great pleasure in. 

  • To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing. 

How often have the words flavor and relish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )