What's the difference between nosegay and odour?

Nosegay


Definition:

  • (n.) A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The surgical approach involved sectioning of Riolan's nosegay.

Odour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
  • (2) There was a clear relationship between the receptor responses and odour concentration.
  • (3) produced strong rotten, fishy, hydrogen sulphide off-odours.
  • (4) This may be managed in future by an odour-reducing minimal APS-addition under a 2%-application.
  • (5) • Rules requiring local authorities to investigate and abate noise, dust and odour nuisances will be liberalised or improved.
  • (6) Distinction was made between different types of odours (rotten, wood).
  • (7) These laboratory bioassay findings agree with field observations on tsetse responses to certain chemical odours.
  • (8) A substantial improvement in the rate of detection of organic lesions affecting the olfactory pathway can be achieved by substituting odours such as musk ketone, exaltolide, linalyl acetate and coumarin for those in current use.
  • (9) One month later the subjects underwent a second recognition test, at the end of which they were required to give an evaluation of the pleasantness of each odour on a nine-point scale.
  • (10) Diluted DOMESTOS proved to be a cleaning agent and germicide, but was, however, blamed for chlorine odour, especially when diluted with warm water.
  • (11) The patient developed a characteristic fish odour of his sweat, urine and to his breath after the consumption of choline-rich foods.
  • (12) Only ACB produced classical musk-like UAO (UAO + ve) in an in vitro odour-producing system with 29% being UAO -ve.
  • (13) Effective stimuli were the odours of cattle and sheep and high concentrations of carbon dioxide from dry ice.
  • (14) A fast method for such comparisons, based on volume matching followed by the estimation of comparable surface dots, is presented and applied on a few selected sandalwood odour molecules.
  • (15) The plug is made of a soft, pliable plastic material with open cells, containing a carbon filter which allows flatus to pass odour-free.
  • (16) This study examines the effect of synthetic cattle-derived odours, presented with Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) miniature light traps for mosquitoes and also with sticky traps for sandflies, in Sri Lanka.
  • (17) A statistical significant training effect could be shown with the qualitative test for training of the odour memory as well as the articulation in describing of smell impressions.
  • (18) The results were analysed from two viewpoints: the role of odour as a warning against chemical hazard, a possibility of using the shift of sensation threshold of appropriately selected reference standards as a measure of discomfort created by odours in working environment.
  • (19) The activities of 45 RRUs were analyzed during sniffing in response to an odour stimulus.
  • (20) The maturation of the granule cells of the ferret olfactory bulb around the time of odour imprinting has been examined.

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