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

  1. Sense as a noun:

    Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

  2. Sense as a noun:

    Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

    Examples:

    "a sense of security"

  3. Sense as a noun:

    Sound practical or moral judgment.

    Examples:

    "It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven."

  4. 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"

  5. Sense as a noun:

    A natural appreciation or ability.

    Examples:

    "A keen musical sense"

  6. Sense as a noun (pragmatics):

    The way that a referent is presented.

  7. Sense as a noun (semantics):

    A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.

  8. Sense as a noun (mathematics):

    One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.

  9. Sense as a noun (mathematics):

    One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

  10. Sense as a noun (biochemistry):

    referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

  1. Sense as a verb:

    To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.

  2. Sense as a verb:

    To instinctively be aware.

    Examples:

    "She immediately sensed her disdain."

  3. Sense as a verb:

    To comprehend.

  1. 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."

  2. Smell as a noun (physiology):

    The sense that detects odours.

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Smell as a verb (intransitive, without a modifier):

    To smell bad; to stink.

    Examples:

    "Ew, this stuff smells."

  4. Smell as a verb (intransitive, figurative):

    To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

    Examples:

    "A report smells of calumny."

  5. Smell as a verb (obsolete):

    To exercise sagacity.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  6. Smell as a verb:

    To detect or perceive; often with out.

  7. Smell as a verb (obsolete):

    To give heed to.