sensation vs odour

odour vs sensation

sensation and odour both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sensation	Yes	No	No	No
odour	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, odour is a hyponym of sensation; that is, odour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sensation:

sensation: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
odour: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

Other hyponyms of sensation include limen, threshold, masking, vision, visual sensation, odor, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, auditory sensation, sound, synaesthesia, synesthesia, subception, subliminal perception.

sensation (noun)	odour (noun)
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation	any property detected by the olfactory system
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended	the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
a state of widespread public excitement and interest

Difference between sensation and odour

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