Fragrance vs. Smell
Fragrancenoun
A pleasant smell or odour.
Fragranceverb
(transitive) To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.
Fragrancenoun
The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
Fragrancenoun
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
Fragrancenoun
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
Fragrancenoun
a pleasant, sweet smell
Fragrancenoun
a perfume or aftershave
Smellnoun
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
Smellnoun
(physiology) The sense that detects odours.
Smellverb
(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
Smellverb
(intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of".
Smellverb
To smell bad; to stink.
Smellverb
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
Smellverb
(obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
Smellverb
To detect or perceive; often with out.
Smellverb
(obsolete) To give heed to.
Smellverb
To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
Smellverb
To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; - often with out.
Smellverb
To give heed to.
Smellverb
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; - often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
Smellverb
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
Smellverb
To exercise the sense of smell.
Smellverb
To exercise sagacity.
Smellnoun
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
Smellnoun
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
Smellnoun
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;
Smellnoun
any property detected by the olfactory system
Smellnoun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
Smellnoun
the faculty of smell
Smellnoun
the act of perceiving the odor of something
Smellverb
inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
Smellverb
emit an odor;
Smellverb
smell bad;
