Difference between Sour and Acidity

What is the difference between Sour and Acidity?

Sour as a noun is the sensation of a sour taste while Acidity as a noun is the quality or state of being acid

Sour

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the sensation of a sour taste a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make or become sour To become disenchanted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having an acid, sharp or tangy taste made rancid by fermentation etc tasting or smelling rancid peevish or bad-tempered excessively acid and thus infertile containing excess sulphur

Example sentence: Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Acidity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality or state of being acidThe quality of sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste, as in the acidity of lemon juice.Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.

We hope you now know whether to use Sour or Acidity in your sentence.

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