The difference between Perfume and Scent
When used as nouns, perfume means a pleasant smell, whereas scent means a distinctive odour or smell.
When used as verbs, perfume means to apply perfume to, whereas scent means to detect the scent of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Perfume and Scent
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Perfume as a noun:
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor
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Perfume as a noun:
A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
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Perfume as a verb (transitive):
To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
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Scent as a noun:
A distinctive odour or smell.
Examples:
"the scent of [[flower]]s"
"the scent of a [[skunk]]"
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Scent as a noun:
An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
Examples:
"The dogs lost the scent."
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Scent as a noun:
The sense of smell.
Examples:
"I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs."
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Scent as a noun:
A perfume.
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Scent as a noun (figuratively):
Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
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Scent as a noun (obsolete):
Sense, perception.
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Scent as a verb:
to detect the scent of
Examples:
"The hounds scented the fox in the woods."
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Scent as a verb:
to impart an odour to
Examples:
"Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation."
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Scent as a verb:
To have a smell.
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Scent as a verb:
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.