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Essence vs Stench - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between essence and stench

is that essence is (inherent nature)The inherent nature of a thing or idea while stench is a strong foul smell, a stink.

As a verb stench is

to cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.

essence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  • * Landor
  • The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
  • * Addison
  • Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
  • * Courthorpe
  • The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
  • (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
  • Constituent substance.
  • * Milton
  • Uncompounded is their essence pure.
  • A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
  • * Milton
  • As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
  • * Washington Irving
  • He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
  • A significant feature of something.
  • The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
  • * essence of Jojoba
  • Fragrance, a perfume.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Nor let the essences exhale.

    Derived terms

    * in essence * of the essence; time is of the essence

    Anagrams

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    stench

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • a strong foul smell, a stink
  • (figurative) a foul quality
  • the stench of political corruption
  • (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
  • * Dryden
  • Clouds of savoury stench involve the sky.

    Synonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l) (Commonwealth)

    Antonyms

    * (disagreeable smell) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
  • (Young)
  • To stanch.
  • (Harvey)