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Zeitgeist vs smell

smell vs Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist and smell both are nouns.

Zeitgeist is not a verb while smell is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Zeitgeist Yes No No No
smell Yes No Yes No
As nouns, smell is a hypernym of Zeitgeist; that is, smell is a word with a broader meaning than Zeitgeist:
  • Zeitgeist: the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
  • smell: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Other hypernyms of Zeitgeist include feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone.
Zeitgeist (noun) smell (noun)
the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation the act of perceiving the odor of something
any property detected by the olfactory system
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Zeitgeist (verb) smell (verb)
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
emit an odor
inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
smell bad
have an element suggestive (of something)
Difference between Zeitgeist and smell

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