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Olfactory vs Smelling - What's the difference?

olfactory | smelling |

As nouns the difference between olfactory and smelling

is that olfactory is an olfactory organ while smelling is the act by which something is smelled.

As an adjective olfactory

is concerning the sense of smell.

As a verb smelling is

present participle of lang=en.

olfactory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Concerning the sense of smell.

    • Derived terms

    * olfactory organ

    Related terms

    * olfactometer * olfactible * olfaction

    Noun

    (olfactories)
  • An olfactory organ.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) The sense of smell.

    • smelling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
    sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)

    Derived terms

    * smelling salts

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is smelled.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings , chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires