What's the difference between odoriferous and sweet?

Odoriferous


Definition:

  • (a.) Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The radical mastoid cavity can be troublesome and odoriferous, may require frequent visits to an otologist, and may interfere with swimming and showering.
  • (2) This favors the reduced conditions conducive to production of odoriferous volatiles.
  • (3) Since intact class I molecules are unlikely to be the odoriferous component in the urine, two hypotheses have been suggested.
  • (4) A unique odorant-binding protein localized to nasal mucosa binds odorants in proportion to their odoriferous potencies.
  • (5) They produce a dirty white almost flaky odoriferous substance which clings to the hairs of the area and is easily rubbed off for marking territorial areas as well as for marking females during mating.
  • (6) In these horses, the survival rate was significantly less than for horses from which odoriferous specimens were not isolated.
  • (7) Clinical findings indicated mild encephalitis with some capability to respond to odoriferous stimuli.
  • (8) The contents of the reservoirs of both pairs of odoriferous glands become modified in two ways as the beetles age.
  • (9) A simple olfactometer was constructed for measuring the responses of adult Drosophila to odoriferous substances, and an index (attractability index, AI) is proposed to evaluate the response.
  • (10) The papule rapidly enlarged with ulceration; this completely destroyed his right earlobe, which was covered with odoriferous yellow-white necrotic tissue.
  • (11) Among extant genera in the class Coniferopsida which produce fleshy, animal-dispersed seeds, there appear to be two distinct evolutionary lines: (1) those with relatively large (greater than 20 mm), odoriferous diaspores dispersed primarily by mammals; and (2) those with relatively small (less than 10 mm), visually attractive diaspores dispersed primarily by birds.
  • (12) Seeds produced by this widely cultivated tree consist of an odoriferous, vesicatory coat surrounding a hard-shelled "nut."
  • (13) This difference suggests that one of the functions of the secretions of the odoriferous glands is to prevent the growth of fungi or bacteria in the nutrient flour.
  • (14) Muscopyridine (1) is one of the odoriferous constituents of natural musk.
  • (15) According to herbalist theory, pathogenesis results from odoriferous agents that invade the body regions (head, thorax, abdomen) of the victim.
  • (16) Respiration-linked spindles of 20-30 cps, 30-50 microV, 1-3 s duration were registered in response to various odoriferous stimuli.
  • (17) Propylamine is identified as one of the compounds present in odoriferous intravaginal contraceptive sponges from sexually active women.

Sweet


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
  • (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
  • (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
  • (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
  • (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
  • (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
  • (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
  • (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  • (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
  • (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
  • (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
  • (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
  • (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
  • (adv.) Sweetly.
  • (v. t.) To sweeten.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
  • (2) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
  • (3) Imported sweets and liqueurs were homogenized and extracted with ethyl acetate.
  • (4) It is concluded that the development was influenced by several factors, such as different snacking habits and access to sweets, the study per se, and xylitol-induced effects.
  • (5) The halfwidth of the fluorescence emission band increases in parallel with the loss of sweetness.
  • (6) A sweet-talking man in a suit who enlists the most successful barrister in town holds remarkable sway, I’ve learned.
  • (7) Rather than ruthlessly efficient, I have found them sweet and a bit hopeless."
  • (8) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
  • (9) A case of Sweet's syndrome developed as a presenting feature of multiple myeloma.
  • (10) Though the thought of a Panama team listening to the USA team huddle coyly sharing their secrets is a rather sweet thought.
  • (11) The sweetness of monellin under these two types of denaturing conditions, temperature and pH, can be predicted by the fluorescence emission spectrum of the protein.
  • (12) Potential, polarization, and pH measurements were performed before and after Coca-Cola and orange juice rinsing and intake of sweets, which were used as test products.
  • (13) A solid-phase extraction method with a strong anion exchanger was used to determine these compounds in sweet wines and in grape musts.
  • (14) Sweet flavours were often correctly identified, with the exception of egg nog, but savoury flavours were recognised less frequently.
  • (15) Thus, the B center of the Shallenberger A-H,B theory of sweetness is best regarded as being -SO3- rather than -SO2- for sulfamates.
  • (16) in Shibuya-ku goes a little easier on the sugary sweet styles.
  • (17) Two subjects with Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in whom pustular Sweet's syndrome was diagnosed are reported.
  • (18) In this paper, the sweetness receptor is refined with use of the shapes of 3-anilino-2-styryl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (sweet) and of 3-anilino-2-phenyl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (tasteless), two large and almost completely rigid tastants.
  • (19) It was very sweet, really nice, but it was like an obituary.
  • (20) Diluted elements of his style were all over the pop charts: Sweet, Mud, Alvin Stardust.

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