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Aroma vs Effluvium - What's the difference?

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Aroma is a related term of effluvium.


As nouns the difference between aroma and effluvium

is that aroma is a (generally rather pleasant) spicy or fragrant taste or smell; aroma while effluvium is a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.

aroma

English

Noun

(wikipedia aroma) (en-noun)
  • A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
    • I love the aroma of cinnamon.
    The toilet was emitting a pungent, foul aroma .

    Synonyms

    * (a pleasant smell): fragrance, scent * See also

    Antonyms

    * (a pleasant smell): odor/odour, pungency, reek, stench

    Related terms

    * aromatherapy * aromatic * aromatical * aromatize ----

    effluvium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
  • *
  • * 1906 , O. Henry,
    • And he breathed the breath of the house—a dank savour rather than a smell—a cold, musty effluvium as from underground vaults mingled with the reeking exhalations of linoleum and mildewed and rotten woodwork.
  • A condition causing the shedding of hair.
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