Stink vs Effluvium - What's the difference?
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To have a strong bad smell.
(informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
A strong bad smell.
(informal) A complaint or objection.
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(slang, New Zealand) A failure or unfortunate event.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
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Stink is a related term of effluvium.
As nouns the difference between stink and effluvium
is that stink is a strong bad smell while effluvium is a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.As a verb stink
is to have a strong bad smell.stink
English
Verb
- That movie stinks . I didn't even stay for the end.
- Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
Synonyms
* (have a strong bad smell) pong, reek * (be greatly inferior) suck, blow * (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth) be fishyDerived terms
* stink up * stink outNoun
(en noun)- If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
- 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 * stinkyAnagrams
* English irregular verbs ----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.