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odour vs esthesis

esthesis vs odour

odour and esthesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
odour Yes No No No
esthesis Yes No No No
As nouns, esthesis is a hypernym of odour; that is, esthesis 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
  • esthesis: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Other hypernyms of odour include aesthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression.
odour (noun) esthesis (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 esthesis

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