atmosphere vs smell

smell vs atmosphere

atmosphere and smell both are nouns.

atmosphere is not a verb while smell is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
atmosphere	Yes	No	No	No
smell	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, smell is a hyponym of atmosphere; that is, smell is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than atmosphere:

atmosphere: a particular environment or surrounding influence
smell: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Other hyponyms of atmosphere include genius loci, gloom, gloominess, glumness, miasm, miasma, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone, headiness.

atmosphere (noun)	smell (noun)
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing	the act of perceiving the odor of something
the mass of air surrounding the Earth	any property detected by the olfactory system
the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body	the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade	the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
the weather or climate at some place	the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
a particular environment or surrounding influence

atmosphere (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)

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