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Scent vs Pong - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between scent and pong

is that scent is a distinctive odour or smell while pong is a packet that is replying to a ping, and thereby indicating the presence of a host.

As verbs the difference between scent and pong

is that scent is to detect the scent of 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.

scent

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distinctive odour or smell.
    • the scent of flowers
    the scent of a skunk
  • An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
    • The dogs lost the scent .
  • The sense of smell.
    • I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
  • A perfume.
  • (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone.

    • Usage notes

    * Almost always applied to agreeable odors (fragrances ).

    Synonyms

    * fragrance * perfume * aroma * odor * smell

    Derived terms

    * scentless

    Verb

  • to detect the scent of
    • The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Methinks I scent the morning air.
  • to impart an odour to
    • Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
  • * Dryden
    • Balm from a silver box distilled around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground.
  • To have a smell.
  • * Holland
    • Thunderbolts do scent strongly of brimstone.
  • To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

    • Anagrams

    * cents

    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.
    Related terms
    * pongy

    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.