Main Difference
The main difference between Flavor and Relish is that the Flavor is a sensory impression of a food or other substance and Relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item typically used as a condiment
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Flavor
Flavor (American English) or flavour (British English; see spelling differences) is the sensory impression of food or other substance, and is determined primarily by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The “trigeminal senses”, which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat, as well as temperature and texture, are also important to the overall gestalt of flavor perception. The flavor of the food, as such, can be altered with natural or artificial flavorants which affect these senses.
A “flavorant” is defined as a substance that gives another substance flavor, altering the characteristics of the solute, causing it to become sweet, sour, tangy, etc.. A flavor is a quality of something that affects the sense of taste.
Of the three chemical senses, smell is the main determinant of a food item’s flavor. Five basic tastes – sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami (savory) are universally recognized, although some cultures also include pungency and oleogustus (“fattiness”). The number of food smells is unbounded; a food’s flavor, therefore, can be easily altered by changing its smell while keeping its taste similar. This is exemplified in artificially flavored jellies, soft drinks and candies, which, while made of bases with a similar taste, have dramatically different flavors due to the use of different scents or fragrances. The flavorings of commercially produced food products are typically created by flavorists.
Although the terms flavoring and flavorant in common language denote the combined chemical sensations of taste and smell, the same terms are used in the fragrance and flavors industry to refer to edible chemicals and extracts that alter the flavor of food and food products through the sense of smell. Due to the high cost or unavailability of natural flavor extracts, most commercial flavorants are “nature-identical”, which means that they are the chemical equivalent of natural flavors, but chemically synthesized rather than being extracted from source materials. Identification of components of natural foods, for example a raspberry, may be done using technology such as headspace techniques, so the flavorist can imitate the flavor by using a few of the same chemicals present.
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Relish
A relish is a cooked and pickled product made of chopped vegetables, fruits or herbs and is a food item typically used as a condiment to enhance a staple. Examples are chutneys and the North American relish, a pickled cucumber jam eaten with hot dogs or hamburgers. In North America, the word “relish” is frequently used to describe a single variety of finely-chopped pickled cucumber relish, such as pickle, dill and sweet relishes. Pickle relish is an important ingredient in many varieties of the U.S. version of tartar sauce.
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Flavor (noun)
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
“The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.”
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Flavor (noun)
A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
“Flavor was added to the pudding.”
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Flavor (noun)
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
“What flavor of bubble gum do you enjoy?”
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Flavor (noun)
The characteristic quality of something.
“the flavor of an experience”
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Flavor (noun)
A kind or type.
“Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.”
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Flavor (noun)
One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
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Flavor (noun)
The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
“the flavor of a rose”
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Flavor (verb)
To add flavoring to something.
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Relish (noun)
A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
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Relish (noun)
Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
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Relish (noun)
A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
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Relish (noun)
A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
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Relish (noun)
In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
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Relish (noun)
Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
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Relish (verb)
To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of from 16th c.
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Relish (verb)
to take great pleasure in.
“He relishes their time together.”
“I don’t relish the idea of going out tonight.”
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Relish (verb)
To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. 16th-19th c.
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Relish (verb)
To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing. from 16th c.
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Relish (verb)
To give pleasure.