relish vs tang

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. 

tang

noun
  • A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. 

  • 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. 

  • 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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