What's the difference between fragrant and smelly?

Fragrant


Definition:

  • (a.) Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The booming Bollywood music beckoned a stream of families, wearing ornate saris and sharp kurtas, fragrant plates of samosa chaat in hand, toward the stage, replete with an extravagant display of lights and visuals.
  • (2) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
  • (3) I like the challenges that come with those that thrive in such adverse conditions, and there are plenty: woodland species that make the most of what little sunlight hits the leaf litter; ferns that like dripping cave mouths and cliff faces cast in gloom; and small shrubs that eke out a living under bigger things, such as butcher’s broom ( Ruscus aculeatus ) and fragrant sweet box ( sarcoccoca ).
  • (4) Photograph: Pasona Group At the Tokyo headquarters of the Pasona Group , a staffing company, tomatoes dangle from the ceiling, herbs grow fragrantly in meeting rooms and a rice paddy is the lobby centerpiece.
  • (5) He appeared to be saying that everyone who worked for HBOS was decent, honest and fragrant.
  • (6) The ASP drink is not only effective but also fragrant, tasty, refreshing and thirst quenching, and it appears to have no side effects.
  • (7) Intranasal injections of a fragrant solution of 2-methyl-2-thiazoline elicited significant heart rate decelerations in late pregnancy fetal sheep, while the injection of a control fluid (isotonic saline) had no effect.
  • (8) "So you are the fragrant Mrs Copperfield's incumbrance," he said to me.
  • (9) Toast the coriander, cumin and fennel seeds in a dry frying pan until fragrant.
  • (10) The broth is glorious: fragrant but subtle, rich but not oily, and the perfect balance between spicy, sour and sweet.
  • (11) Satire can provide a fragrant drop of vanilla essence to the custard pie of protest.
  • (12) After that, let’s start to seriously clean up periods, and I don’t mean fragrantly.
  • (13) Add the chilli bean paste and stir-fry for a minute or so until the oil is red and fragrant.
  • (14) Serves 4 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp crushed garlic 4 tomatoes, quartered 1 tsp gia vi (or a mix of 2 parts sugar, 1 part black pepper, 1 part salt and 1 part garlic powder) 1.5 litres water 3 rhubarb stalks, cut into 3cm chunks 2 tbsp fish sauce 50g okra, halved, deseeded and cut into 1cm rounds ½ pineapple, cut into 2cm chunks 1 tsp sugar 1 spring onion, chopped 1 tbsp chopped coriander 1 In a saucepan, heat the oil and stir in the garlic, cooking until fragrant.
  • (15) Surrounded by sea and hills, rowan trees, hawthorn and holly, it had a fragrant compost loo-with-a-view.
  • (16) 3.20am BST Heat 85-87 Spurs, 6:43 remaining in the 4th quarter Parker crumples to the floor on what's a clear flagrant foul on Mario Chalmers, a deliberate dirty elbowing, upheld as fragrant 1 by Danny Crawford, but the Spurs might be out their best player here.
  • (17) 2 Add the ginger, onion and green chillies, and fry until fragrant.
  • (18) There are my roast tomatoes with crumbs and thyme, Russell Norman's broad bean, mint and ricotta bruschette, Fuchsia Dunlop's fragrant sea bream, and a beet bourguignon from The Green Kitchen.
  • (19) The Clonakilty black pudding – relatively dry, crumbly, full of oatmeal, fragrantly spiced – is very tasty.
  • (20) With a toddler in tow, après ski for me meant a quick beer then a swim at our hotel – the Lechtaler Hof, smallest and sweetest of Warth’s handful of family-owned hotels – followed by fantastic five-course dinners that might include fragrant dumpling-and-wild-chive soup, roast lamb and divine fruit tarts.

Smelly


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Am I suggesting, like an anti-racist Alf Garnett, that we keep out these foreign xenophobes who come here with their funny gestures, spreading their strange, smelly hatreds?
  • (2) Factor analysis yielded four indices: a) impact of disease (e.g., being a burden, loss of energy, loss of bowel control); b) sexual intimacy; c) complications of disease (e.g., developing cancer, having surgery, dying early); and d) body stigma (e.g., feeling dirty or smelly).
  • (3) It’s not as smelly as people imagine (myth number three), but it is still unpleasant, especially when the space is this confined, and one of the men tells me he reckons they are underpaid for what they do.
  • (4) Protesters of whatever variety will have taken on board the outcome of the Smellie trial.
  • (5) I had a daily urge to wave the white flag, especially after 10 smelly days without a bath.
  • (6) We prefered the method of Lövset und Veit-Smellie.
  • (7) Smellie, from the Met's territorial support group (TSG), a specialist public order unit, argued during his trial that he believed Fisher posed a threat to himself and fellow officers.
  • (8) Delroy Smellie was suspended last year after video footage was posted on YouTube showing him back-handing a protester and striking her twice on the legs with his metal baton.
  • (9) It’s a shame Blanc doesn’t have a load of old smelly chicken going cheap.
  • (10) He wasn't quite ready, though, for baked cheese, with all its smelly and delicious gooeyness.
  • (11) So you end up with two pairs of clothes and rather smelly."
  • (12) In her ruling today, the judge said she was satisfied that, faced with a protester "seeking confrontation", Smellie could not have used other options.
  • (13) Smellie, from the Met's territorial support group (TSG), was investigated after YouTube footage showed him striking Fisher with the back of his hand, then twice with a baton.
  • (14) I'm really not a germaphobe, but come on; not washing your trousers is disgusting, and not washing your trousers for five weeks when you're in a hot country, watching sport all day surrounded by smelly men, is really, really disgusting.
  • (15) You are variously described as unhygienic, smelly, scroungers, timewasters, uncommitted and the like.
  • (16) I have plenty of friends who insist that "smelly dog" stays in the cot, or that "green piggy" is only for nap time.
  • (17) Nodding to the judge after the hearing, Smellie said: "Thank you very much."
  • (18) Smellie told the court that, had he used other tactics, such as an elbow, he could have broken Fisher's bones.
  • (19) "One of them brought a speciality smelly fish from Norway into the restaurant and started eating it in front of customers.
  • (20) In a survey completed after the program, 23 nurses reported that they had less difficulty touching a smelly foot (p less than .02), that they would be less bothered by a foot with an odor (p less than .03), that they would have less difficulty touching an unsightly foot depicted in a slide (p less than .03), and that they felt less anger at patients who don't follow recommendations (p less than .03).