Taste
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals. A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sample the flavor of something orally. To have a taste. To experience.
Example sentence: A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
Preference
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The selection of one thing or person over others.The option to so select, and the one selected.The state of being preferred over others.A strong liking or personal valuation.A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.A card game.
Example sentence: In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.