What's the difference between aroma and scent?

Aroma


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
  • (n.) Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She ushers us into the kitchen, where a large metal pot simmering on the hotplate emits a spicy aroma.
  • (2) In all in vitro test systems used to date, coffee and coffee aroma or their reactive compounds were metabolically deactivated in the presence of S-9.
  • (3) Similar correlation coefficients were obtained between salivary gland androst-16-ene steroid levels measured using either the complete or simplified versions of the colorimetric assay and the off-aroma and off-flavor sensory scores.
  • (4) Molecular masses of substances with high aroma effectiveness are below 200.
  • (5) The aroma of fruits and vegetables may be considered to originate from the basic nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, as well as vitamins and minerals.
  • (6) After enzyme inhibition with methanol the original volatile compounds of the fruits were investigated in order to compare the quantitative composition of the aroma substances in orange fruits and juices.
  • (7) Even their characteristic aroma - a heady mix of singed rubber, day-old sweat, urine and Gauloise smoke - has a certain appeal.
  • (8) Samples were evaluated by 10 trained judges using a 10-cm graphic scale for rating off-aroma, off-flavor, pork flavor, softness, tenderness, juiciness, and residual tissue.
  • (9) The aroma of cloudberries is characterised by the presence of aromatic compounds, which constitute about 53% of the essential oil.
  • (10) Its seems that light compounds, which are present in every food stuffs, give the fresh impression, and that more heavy components give the characteristic aromas.
  • (11) The moment we stepped off the train from Bangkok you could smell it, that glorious barbecue aroma … Food was everywhere; everyone was eating – even while driving along on their motorbikes.
  • (12) After the separation of the acids and after the fractionation of the aroma extracts on silicagel 119 aroma components have been identified in the neutral fractions by means of the combination gaschromatography--mass spectrometry.
  • (13) He has boycotted Canada due to the country's annual seal hunt and walked off stage at Coachella festival in 2009 , complaining about the aroma of barbecued meat.
  • (14) The influence of HTST-heating of the mash aroma composition during production of apply brandy has been investigated by means of gas chromatography and coupled gas chromatography--mass spectrometry.
  • (15) Internal and external characteristics of appearance, color, aroma, texture, bitterness and flavor, as well as general acceptability, were measured.
  • (16) Aroma, juicy mouthfeel, texture, flavor, and flavor off-notes of the cooked turkey were evaluated by seven judges using 150-mm unstructured line scales.
  • (17) The popularity of coffee is due not only to its pleasant taste and aroma but also to its physiologic and psychologic effects.
  • (18) "We live in a world of thousands of aroma molecules," he raves.
  • (19) Volatile components of two foodstuffs with characteristic aromas, apple and licorice, and fecal samples obtained from subjects on high-apple and licorice diets, were analyzed by head-space gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer.
  • (20) There are not only interactions between aroma substances of sensoricphysiological character which may not be ignored.

Scent


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
  • (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
  • (v. i.) To have a smell.
  • (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
  • (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
  • (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
  • (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rupert Murdoch has a battle on his hands to win over leading shareholders in BSkyB, who scent the opportunity for a high-stakes game of brinkmanship and are pushing for a premium price of well over £10bn for full control of the pay-television company.
  • (2) It is commonly believed that the scent-marking activity of female mammals is elevated when they are sexually receptive, yet urine-marking by female mice does not vary in relation to their estrous cycles.
  • (3) Previous studies have demonstrated gonadal control of mammalian scent glands; castration leads to reduced scent-marking rates and smaller gland sizes.
  • (4) Cruden Farm, Victoria The 54-hectare Murdoch family estate in Langwarrin south of Melbourne, Australia, features magnificent gardens complete with ponds, lemon-scented gum trees and two walled gardens and perennial borders.
  • (5) Male and female scents did not elicit significantly different amounts of scent marking.
  • (6) "Greeks need to unburden their fears," says the comic, the scent of cologne permeating his dressing room after he has danced, sung and quipped his way through another rendition of "Sorry … I'm Greek".
  • (7) Early opportunities to indulge his skill for making unctuousness compelling came in the roles of a school snitch in the Al Pacino vehicle Scent of a Woman (1992), for which Hoffman auditioned five times.
  • (8) As I type I can smell the nauseating scent of death that clings to me still.
  • (9) Primary afferent electrical activity can be recorded from the chemoreceptors on the mantle margin that are responsive to starfish scent and also from other physiologically distinct receptors that are responsive to contact with starfish tube feet.
  • (10) We meet at the headquarters of the Independent and the Evening Standard in Kensington, in an office scented by a Jo Malone orange blossom candle, and groaning with contemporary art.
  • (11) The scent gland secretions of Dumeril's ground boa (Acrantophis dumerili), pooled from two adult males and a female, were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
  • (12) Four B6 mice, two males and two females, were successfully trained, by water deprivation and reward, to enter the arm scented by B6 or B6-H-2k males.
  • (13) At 120 days of age, field-exposed male offspring exhibited significantly less scent marking behavior than controls.
  • (14) It is shown that the X and Y chromosomes each confer individually of scent related to genotype.
  • (15) Pasting, a stereotypic form of anal gland scent marking, was studied in 2 cohorts (N = 20) of captive spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).
  • (16) Here lies Baby Addie,” he told us, gesturing to a lumpy patch of earth carpeted in the dry pine needles which scented the air.
  • (17) Deer models baited with CO2 and with CO2 plus 1-octen-3-ol and Deer Trail Scent attracted and induced female Cephenemyia apicata Bennett & Sabrosky and C. jellisoni Townsend to larviposit on them.
  • (18) The urine of these chimeras was tested by the Y maze method, and shown to have acquired a scent indicative of the reconstituting donors' H-2 type.
  • (19) The results suggest that the scents originating from the preputial gland of the juvenile serve as the recognition cue in the social memory paradigm of rats.
  • (20) The GM wheat at Rothamsted is modified to produce a scent undetectable to the human nose, which the main wheat pests, such as greenfly and blackfly aphids, release when under attack from predators.