mephitis vs olfactory sensation

mephitis and olfactory sensation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mephitis	Yes	No	No	No
olfactory sensation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, olfactory sensation is a hypernym of mephitis; that is, olfactory sensation is a word with a broader meaning than mephitis:

mephitis: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
olfactory sensation: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

Other hypernyms of mephitis include odor, odour, olfactory perception, smell.

mephitis (noun)	olfactory sensation (noun)
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant	the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth