Difference between Sour and Off-key

What is the difference between Sour and Off-key?

Sour as an adjective is having an acid, sharp or tangy taste while Off-key as an adjective is pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note

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: I am a greedy poet. I keep munching life all the time. Sweet, sour and bitter moments.

Off-key

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct notenot harmonious, or out of accord

We hope you now know whether to use Sour or Off-key in your sentence.

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