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Stinkt vs Stinking - What's the difference?

stinkt | stinking |

As verbs the difference between stinkt and stinking

is that stinkt is (obsolete) (stink) while stinking is .

As an adjective stinking is

having a pungent smell.

As a noun stinking is

the emission of a foul smell.

stinkt

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (stink)
    • ----

    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

    * English irregular verbs ----

    stinking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a pungent smell.
  • Very bad and undesirable.
    • Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking .
  • (vulgar) An intensifier, a minced oath.
    • We don't need your stinking sympathy.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The emission of a foul smell.
  • * 2013 , Phaedra. C Pezzullo, Cultural Studies and Environment, Revisited (page 42)
    • From the magnificent ejaculation of the Waimangu geyser, to the tiniest of gaseous emissions, descriptions of the thermal reserve were rife with dischargings, bubblings and stinkings , quiverings and palpitations, orifices and protuberances.
    English minced oaths