mephitis vs smell

smell vs mephitis

mephitis and smell both are nouns.

mephitis is not a verb while smell is a verb.

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

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

mephitis: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
smell: 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, olfactory sensation.

mephitis (noun)	smell (noun)
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant	the act of perceiving the odor of something
a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth	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

mephitis (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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