Hello vs Stink - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between hello and stink

is that hello is to greet with "hello" while stink is to cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

As nouns the difference between hello and stink

is that hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting while stink is a strong bad smell.

As verbs the difference between hello and stink

is that hello is to greet with "hello" while stink is to have a strong bad smell.

As an interjection hello

is .

hello

English

Alternative forms

* hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)

Interjection

(en interjection)

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!'” at the top of my lungs.
(colloquial)

Usage notes

* The greeting hello is among the most generic and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and in nearly all walks of life, and is unlikely to cause offense.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "hello")

Synonyms

* (greeting) ** g'day, hey, hi, ** hallo, hi, hiya, ey up ** hallo, hey, hi, howdy ** how's it going, hey, hi ** howzit ** (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup * See also

Antonyms

* (greeting) bye, goodbye

Derived terms

Noun

(en noun)
"!" or an equivalent greeting.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Stephanie Rosenbloom, title=A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, work=New York Times citation
, passage=In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.}}

Synonyms

* greeting

Verb

(en verb)
To greet with "hello".

* 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)

I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing' people and being ' helloed , before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.
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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
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