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odour vs aesthesis

aesthesis vs odour

odour and aesthesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
odour Yes No No No
aesthesis Yes No No No
As nouns, aesthesis is a hypernym of odour; that is, aesthesis is a word with a broader meaning than odour:
  • odour: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  • aesthesis: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Other hypernyms of odour include esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression.
odour (noun) aesthesis (noun)
any property detected by the olfactory system an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
Difference between odour and aesthesis

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