Odor vs Odorlessness - What's the difference?
odor | odorlessness |
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
(figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
Esteem; repute.
Absence of odor.
* 2004 , Larissa Z Tiedens, Colin Wayne Leach, The social life of emotions
As nouns the difference between odor and odorlessness
is that odor is any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume while odorlessness is absence of odor.odor
English
(wikipedia odor)Alternative forms
* odourNoun
- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odour of camphor was unmistakable.
Usage notes
In the United States, the term "odor" often has a negative connotation. Preferred terms for a pleasant odor are "fragrance", "scent", or "aroma".Synonyms
* (any smell) perfume, scent * (esteem) esteem, repute * See alsoDerived terms
* odorous * odorously * odorousnessAnagrams
* ----odorlessness
English
Alternative forms
* odourlessnessNoun
(-)- Indeed, it might be argued that the higher standards of cleanliness, hairlessness, odorlessness , and beauty held for women in our culture are a reflection of the greater burden placed on them to "civilize" their bodies lest they be seen as "disgusting" by others...