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smell vs atmosphere

atmosphere vs smell

smell and atmosphere both are nouns.

smell is a verb but atmosphere is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
smell Yes No Yes No
atmosphere Yes No No No
As nouns, atmosphere is a hypernym of smell; that is, atmosphere is a word with a broader meaning than smell:
  • smell: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  • atmosphere: a particular environment or surrounding influence
Other hypernyms of smell include ambiance, ambience.
smell (noun) atmosphere (noun)
the act of perceiving the odor of something a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
any property detected by the olfactory system the mass of air surrounding the Earth
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people the weather or climate at some place
a particular environment or surrounding influence
smell (verb) atmosphere (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)
Difference between smell and atmosphere

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