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Odor vs Vapor - What's the difference?

odor | vapor |

As nouns the difference between odor and vapor

is that odor is any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume while vapor is cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

As a verb vapor is

to become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.

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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    vapor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * vapour (Commonwealth English)

    Noun

    (wikipedia vapor) (en noun)
  • Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  • The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}

    Derived terms

    * vaporescence * vaporescent * vapor pressure * vapour trail * water vapor

    See also

    * dew point * get the vapors

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
  • To turn into vapor.
  • To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Bisara of Pooree’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio Society 2005, p. 172:
    • He vapoured , and fretted, and fumed, and trotted up and down, and tried to make himself pleasing in Miss Hollis's big, quiet, grey eyes, and failed.

    Anagrams

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