Savor vs Odor - What's the difference?
savor | odor | Synonyms |
to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality
to appreciate, enjoy or relish something
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
(figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
Esteem; repute.
Savor is a synonym of odor.
As nouns the difference between savor and odor
is that savor is taste, flavor while odor is any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.savor
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Alternative forms
* savour (British)Etymology 1
From (etyl) savour, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) savourer, from .Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* * American English forms ----odor
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(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.