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Smelling vs Inhalation - What's the difference?

smelling | inhalation |

As nouns the difference between smelling and inhalation

is that smelling is the act by which something is smelled while inhalation is the act of inhaling.

As a verb smelling

is .

smelling

English

Verb

(head)
    • foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
    sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)

    Derived terms

    * smelling salts

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is smelled.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings , chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires

    inhalation

    English

    (wikipedia inhalation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of inhaling.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation , then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
  • The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.

    • See also

    * inhale ----