Difference between Sour and Sourness

What is the difference between Sour and Sourness?

Sour as a noun is the sensation of a sour taste while Sourness as a noun is the quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.

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: In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'

Sourness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.

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

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