The difference between Doubtful and Smelly

When used as nouns, doubtful means a doubtful person or thing, whereas smelly means a short magazine lee enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

When used as adjectives, doubtful means subject to, or causing doubt, whereas smelly means having a bad smell.

check bellow for the other definitions of Doubtful and Smelly

  1. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Subject to, or causing doubt.

  2. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.

  3. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Undecided or of uncertain outcome.

  4. Doubtful as an adjective (obsolete):

    Fearsome, dreadful.

  5. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Improbable or unlikely.

  6. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Suspicious, or of dubious character.

  7. Doubtful as an adjective:

    Unclear or unreliable.

  1. Doubtful as a noun:

    A doubtful person or thing.

  1. Smelly as an adjective:

    Having a bad smell.

    Examples:

    "She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  1. Smelly as a noun (firearms, informal):

    a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

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