Odour vs. Smell

Odournoun

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

Odournoun

Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

Odournoun

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;

Odournoun

any property detected by the olfactory system

Odournoun

a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one

Odournoun

a lingering quality or impression attaching to something

Odournoun

the state of being held in a specified regard

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;