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odour vs stank

stank vs odour

odour and stank both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
odour Yes No No No
stank Yes No No No
As nouns, stank is a hyponym of odour; that is, stank is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than odour:
  • odour: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  • stank: A smell of genitals or sex
Other hyponyms of odour include scent, aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent, fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink, acridity.
odour (noun) stank (noun)
any property detected by the olfactory system A smell of genitals or sex
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
Difference between odour and stank

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