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body odour vs foulness

foulness vs body odour

body odour and foulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
body odour Yes No No No
foulness Yes No No No
As nouns, foulness is a hypernym of body odour; that is, foulness is a word with a broader meaning than body odour:
  • body odour: malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
  • foulness: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Other hypernyms of body odour include fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness.
body odour (noun) foulness (noun)
malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
(of weather) the badness of the weather
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
disgusting wickedness and immorality
Difference between body odour and foulness

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