Stench vs Effluvium - What's the difference?
stench | effluvium | Related terms |
a strong foul smell, a stink
(figurative) a foul quality
(obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
To stanch.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
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A condition causing the shedding of hair.
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Stench is a related term of effluvium.
As nouns the difference between stench and effluvium
is that stench is a strong foul smell, a stink while effluvium is a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.As a verb stench
is (obsolete) to cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.stench
English
Noun
(es)- the stench of political corruption
- Clouds of savoury stench involve the sky.
Synonyms
* (disagreeable smell) (l), (l) (Commonwealth)Antonyms
* (disagreeable smell) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* (l)Verb
- (Young)
- (Harvey)
effluvium
English
Noun
(en-noun)- And he breathed the breath of the house—a dank savour rather than a smell—a cold, musty effluvium as from underground vaults mingled with the reeking exhalations of linoleum and mildewed and rotten woodwork.
