The difference between Sense and Smell
When used as nouns, sense means any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste, whereas smell means a sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
When used as verbs, sense means to use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel, whereas smell means to sense a smell or smells.
check bellow for the other definitions of Sense and Smell
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Sense as a noun:
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
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Sense as a noun:
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
Examples:
"a sense of security"
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Sense as a noun:
Sound practical or moral judgment.
Examples:
"It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven."
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Sense as a noun:
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
Examples:
"You don’t make any sense."
"the true sense of words or phrases"
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Sense as a noun:
A natural appreciation or ability.
Examples:
"A keen musical sense"
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Sense as a noun (pragmatics):
The way that a referent is presented.
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Sense as a noun (semantics):
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
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Sense as a noun (mathematics):
One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
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Sense as a noun (mathematics):
One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
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Sense as a noun (biochemistry):
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
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Sense as a verb:
To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
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Sense as a verb:
To instinctively be aware.
Examples:
"She immediately sensed her disdain."
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Sense as a verb:
To comprehend.
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Smell as a noun:
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
Examples:
"I love the smell of fresh bread."
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Smell as a noun (physiology):
The sense that detects odours.
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Smell as a verb (transitive):
To sense a smell or smells.
Examples:
"I can smell fresh bread."
"'Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off."
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Smell as a verb (intransitive):
To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of".
Examples:
"The roses smell lovely."
"Her feet smell of cheese."
"The drunkard smelt like a brewery."
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Smell as a verb (intransitive, without a modifier):
To smell bad; to stink.
Examples:
"Ew, this stuff smells."
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Smell as a verb (intransitive, figurative):
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
Examples:
"A report smells of calumny."
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Smell as a verb (obsolete):
To exercise sagacity.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Smell as a verb:
To detect or perceive; often with out.
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Smell as a verb (obsolete):
To give heed to.