Smelling vs Sniffing - What's the difference?
smelling | sniffing |
The act by which something is smelled.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
As verbs the difference between smelling and sniffing
is that smelling is while sniffing is .As nouns the difference between smelling and sniffing
is that smelling is the act by which something is smelled while sniffing is a sniff sound or action.smelling
English
Verb
(head)- foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
- sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)
Derived terms
* smelling saltsNoun
(en noun)- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings , chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires