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Kenny1999 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

smell and odor

hi
what's the difference between smell and odor in English?? in my mother language translation they are pretty much the same thing.

can anyone show me a couple of example to illustrate their difference and how they are used?

I am struggling to learn better English
  

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odor - usually associated with a foul smell. That is why people use deodorants. (de = remove, take away, prevent, + odor) There is a strange odor in the fridge.

  • odor - usually associated with a foul smell.
  • That is why people use deodorants.
  • (de = remove, take away, prevent, + odor) There is a strange odor in the fridge.
  • The milk has gone bad.
  • The odor of a garbage dump is so bad that people don't want to live nearby.
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odor - usually associated with a foul smell. That is why people use deodorants. (de = remove, take away, prevent, + odor)
There is a strange odor in the fridge. The milk has gone bad.
The odor of a garbage dump is so bad that people don't want to live nearby.

The smell of roses is sweet.
The smell of mother's cooking makes us hungry.
You just took a bath and you smell real

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