Stink vs Smeller - What's the difference?

Stink is a synonym of smeller.

In informal|lang=en terms the difference between stink and smeller

is that stink is (informal) a complaint or objection while smeller is (informal) something that has an unpleasant odor.

As nouns the difference between stink and smeller

is that stink is a strong bad smell while smeller is someone or something that smells, that detects scent.

As a verb stink

is to have a strong bad smell.

stink

English

Verb

To have a strong bad smell.

(informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

That movie stinks . I didn't even stay for the end.

To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Synonyms

* (have a strong bad smell) pong, reek * (be greatly inferior) suck, blow * (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth) be fishy

Derived terms

* stink up * stink out

Noun

(en noun)

A strong bad smell.

(informal) A complaint or objection.

If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.

chemistry (as a subject taught in school)

(slang, New Zealand) A failure or unfortunate event.

The concert was stink .

Synonyms

* (strong bad smell) fetor, odour/odor, pong, reek, smell, stench * *

Derived terms

* kick up a stink * stink badger * stinkbomb * stinker * stink eye * stink machine * stinky

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs ----

smeller

English

Noun

(en noun)

Someone or something that smells, that detects scent

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, passage="They could travel no further because of the high mountains which ring in the land, so say the old voices of our fathers that have descended to us the children, and so says Gagool, the wise woman, the smeller out of witches," and again he pointed to the snow-clad peaks. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1916, author=Swami Panchadasi, title=Clairvoyance and Occult Powers, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Wonderful as they are, they have their counterparts in the works of man, as for instance: the camera, or artificial eye; the phonograph, or, artificial ear; the delicate chemical apparatus, or artificial taster and smeller ; the telegraph, or artificial nerves. }}

*December 12 2009 , The Age - My space Steve Flamsteed

*:I'm much more of a smeller than a taster and I think that comes from being a chef.

(informal) the nose

*{{quote-book, year=1868, author=John Wilson, title=Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=But now, after the first close, in which we lose the fall--with straight right-handers we keep him at off-fighting--and that was a gush of blood from his smeller . }}

*{{quote-book, year=1872, author=James De Mille, title=The Dodge Club, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=After which Buttons landed four blows, one on each peeper, one on the smeller , and one on the mug. }}

(informal) something that has an unpleasant odor

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=P. G. Wodehouse, title=Right Ho, Jeeves, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=A man's brain whizzes along for years exceeding the speed limit, and something suddenly goes wrong with the steering-gear and it skids and comes a smeller in the ditch. " }}

Synonyms

(something that has an unpleasant odor) *stink *stinker