Tasting vs. Testing — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tasting and Testing
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Definitions
Tasting
To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
Testing
Revealing a person's capabilities by putting them under strain; challenging
It's been quite a testing time for all of us
Tasting
To eat or drink a small quantity of.
Testing
A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial
A test of one's eyesight.
Subjecting a hypothesis to a test.
A test of an athlete's endurance.
Tasting
To partake of, especially for the first time; experience
Prisoners finally tasting freedom.
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Testing
A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
Tasting
(Archaic) To appreciate or enjoy.
Testing
A basis for evaluation or judgment
"A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together" (Haynes Johnson).
Tasting
To distinguish flavors in the mouth.
Testing
(Chemistry) A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.
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Tasting
To have a distinct flavor
The stew tastes salty.
Testing
A cupel.
Tasting
To eat or drink a small amount.
Testing
To subject to a test; try
Tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper.
Testing job applicants.
Tasting
To have experience or enjoyment; partake
Tasted of the life of the very rich.
Testing
To reveal the degree of (a given quality) in someone or something by or as if by means of a test
The experiment tested the rats' ability to solve spatial problems. The long war tested the country's resolve.
Tasting
The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
Testing
To identify the presence or amount of one or more substances in
Tested the water for lead.
Tasting
This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
Testing
To identify the amount of (a substance) in something
Tested the nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.
Tasting
The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth.
Testing
To ascertain the properties of
Tested the steel for hardness and tensile strength.
Tasting
The unified sensation produced by any of these qualities plus a distinct smell and texture; flavor.
Testing
To assay (metal) in a cupel.
Tasting
A distinctive perception as if by the sense of taste
An experience that left a bad taste in my mouth.
Testing
To undergo a test.
Tasting
The act of tasting.
Testing
To administer a test
Test for acid content.
Test for the presence of an antibody.
Tasting
A small quantity eaten or tasted.
Testing
To achieve a score or rating on tests
Tested high on the entrance exams.
Tasting
A limited or first experience; a sample
"Thousands entered the war, got just a taste of it, and then stepped out" (Mark Twain).
Testing
To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test
Test positive for the tubercle bacillus.
Tasting
A personal preference or liking
A taste for adventure.
A play that was not to my taste.
Testing
; tough.
Tasting
The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful, excellent, or appropriate
Has good taste in clothes.
Testing
The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
Tasting
The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation
A remark made in bad taste.
Testing
Present participle of test
Tasting
(Obsolete) The act of testing; trial.
Testing
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
Tasting
A small amount of food or drink.
Testing
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
Tasting
The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
Testing
The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works;
They agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
Tasting
Present participle of taste
Testing
An examination of the characteristics of something;
There are laboratories for commercial testing
It involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
Tasting
The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Testing
The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Tasting
A small amount (especially of food or wine)
Tasting
A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;
A wine tasting
Tasting
Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
Cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
