As nouns the difference between flatulence and orangutan
is that flatulence is the state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart while orangutan is orangutan.
flatulence
Noun
(-)
The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
The release of such gas, farting.
Coordinate terms
* queef
Usage notes
A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.
Related terms
* See also
* afflatus
orangutan
Alternative forms
* orang utan, orang-utan, orang-utang, orangutang, orangoutan, orangoutang
Noun
(
en noun)
An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo'' consisting of two species, ''Pongo pygmaeus'' of Borneo and ''Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.