smell vs sensory system

sensory system vs smell

smell and sensory system both are nouns.

smell is a verb but sensory system is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smell	Yes	No	Yes	No
sensory system	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sensory system is a hypernym of smell; that is, sensory system is a word with a broader meaning than smell:

smell: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
sensory system: a particular sense

Other hypernyms of smell include modality, sense modality, exteroception.

smell (noun)	sensory system (noun)
the act of perceiving the odor of something	the body's system of sense organs
any property detected by the olfactory system	a particular sense
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

smell (verb)	sensory system (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)

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