The difference between Aromatic and Smelly
When used as nouns, aromatic means a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it, whereas smelly means a short magazine lee enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.
When used as adjectives, aromatic means fragrant or spicy, whereas smelly means having a bad smell.
check bellow for the other definitions of Aromatic and Smelly
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Aromatic as an adjective:
Fragrant or spicy.
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Aromatic as an adjective (organic chemistry):
Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
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Aromatic as an adjective (organic chemistry):
Derived from benzene.
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Aromatic as a noun:
A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
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Smelly as an adjective:
Having a bad smell.
Examples:
"She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly."
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Smelly as an adjective (figuratively):
Having a quality that arouses suspicion.
Examples:
"The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."
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Smelly as an adjective (figuratively, computing, slang, in [[extreme programming]]):
Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.
Examples:
"That smelly code needs to be refactored."
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Smelly as a noun (firearms, informal):
a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.
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