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Odor vs Rankness - What's the difference?

odor | rankness |

As nouns the difference between odor and rankness

is that odor is any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume while rankness is the property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.

odor

English

(wikipedia odor)

Alternative forms

* odour

Noun

  • Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
  • * 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
    • 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.
  • (figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
  • Esteem; repute.

    • 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 also

    Derived terms

    * odorous * odorously * odorousness

    Anagrams

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    rankness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.