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Perfume vs Pong - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between perfume and pong

is that perfume is a pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma while pong is a packet that is replying to a ping, and thereby indicating the presence of a host.

As verbs the difference between perfume and pong

is that perfume is to apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent while pong is to stink, to smell bad.

As a proper noun Pong is

an early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.

perfume

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia)
  • A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-07, author= Nicole Vulser
  • , volume=190, issue=13, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies , passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}

    Synonyms

    * (pleasant smell) aroma, fragrance, scent * (substance providing a pleasant smell) fragrance, scent

    Derived terms

    * perfumelike * perfumey

    Verb

    (perfum)
  • To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
  • References

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    pong

    English

    Etymology 1

    From ping, via the pairing of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (networking) A packet that is replying to a ping, and thereby indicating the presence of a host.
  • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
  • * 1992 , , Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109,
  • She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong ! Do they all smell like this?’
  • * 1998 , Catherine Fox, Heaven?s Scent'', '' , page 13,
  • I can remember calling round once and when she answered the door I was greeted by an unmistakable, noxious pong . “I can smell gas!”
    I said. “Oh, have I left the ring on?” she asked vaguely.
  • * 2000 , Susan Sallis, 2011, unnumbered page,
  • ‘I see what you mean about the pong . I couldn?t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’
  • * 2009 , Martin Fine, The Devil?s Fragrance , page 109,
  • If you want to empty a crowded room strong body pong will usually do the trick.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To stink, to smell bad.
  • * 1997 , , David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!'', ''Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories , page 97,
  • On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet.
  • * 2009 , Susan Brocker, Saving Sam , HarperCollins, New Zealand, unnumbered page,
  • The place ponged , like the smell of stale cat pee.
  • * 2010 , Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest , page 63,
  • “That toothless bloke ponged . Couldn?t you smell him? He smelled like a bloody pub floor at closing time.”
  • * 2011 , , We?ll Sing at Dawn , 2012, eBook, Headline Publishing, unnumbered page,
  • and this evening, Eileen Perkins?s daughter Rita ponged with the smell of cheap carbolic soap, after a late-afternoon visit to the public baths down Hornsey Road.
    Synonyms
    * (stink) reek, smell, stink

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (games, mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.