Scent vs Scena - What's the difference?
scent | scena |
A distinctive odour or smell.
An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
The sense of smell.
A perfume.
(figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone.
to detect the scent of
* Shakespeare
to impart an odour to
* Dryden
To have a smell.
* Holland
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
A scene in an opera.
An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
* (William Smith Rockstro), A General History of Music
As nouns the difference between scent and scena
is that scent is a distinctive odour or smell while scena is a scene in an opera.As a verb scent
is to detect the scent of.scent
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- the scent of flowers
- the scent of a skunk
- The dogs lost the scent .
- I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
Usage notes
* Almost always applied to agreeable odors (fragrances ).Synonyms
* fragrance * perfume * aroma * odor * smellDerived terms
* scentlessVerb
- The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
- Methinks I scent the morning air.
- Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
- Balm from a silver box distilled around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground.
- Thunderbolts do scent strongly of brimstone.
Anagrams
* centsscena
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Noun
(en noun)- Few Contralto singers are unacquainted with the beautiful Scena , Ah rendimi qual core'', from ''Mitrane .