smell vs sweetness

sweetness vs smell

smell and sweetness both are nouns.

smell is a verb but sweetness is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smell	Yes	No	Yes	No
sweetness	Yes	No	No	No

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

smell: any property detected by the olfactory system
sweetness: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Other hyponyms of smell include bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness, muskiness, rancidness, aromaticity, mintiness.

smell (noun)	sweetness (noun)
the act of perceiving the odor of something	the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
any property detected by the olfactory system	a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents	the quality of giving pleasure
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form	the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

smell (verb)	sweetness (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 sweetness

Words related to "smell"

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