What's the difference between redolent and smell?

Redolent


Definition:

  • (a.) Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As one example, certain aspects of Gawain's situation seem oddly redolent of a more contemporary predicament, namely our complex and delicate relationship with the natural world.
  • (2) Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will not face battery charges Read more In a jeremiad against political correctness redolent of his future employer, Miller writes that “politically correct dictates are anathema to American values”.
  • (3) In the light of four proven cases of myocardial infarction in patients under treatment with hormonal contraceptives, the authors point out: the sudden 'inaugural' appearance of the infarction during a therapeutic course; the appearances of the lesions on coronary arteriography; on 2 occasions a lacunar form on the proximal segment of a main coronary trunk, in one case lesions more redolent of atheroma, and in one case a completely normal vascular tree.
  • (4) Photograph: Kemal Jufri for the Guardian From above, the designers’ illustrations for the Great Garuda project are redolent of the artificial Palm islands off the shore of Dubai .
  • (5) It played into Russia’s propaganda war against Ukraine and was redolent of Stalinist-era show trials of dissidents.
  • (6) The practicality, ironically, was redolent of the modern Chelsea and in some ways the victors stole their opponents' clothes.
  • (7) But the last minute Portland goal (in yet another piece of symmetry, redolent of the one they conceded late against Seattle in the semi-final first leg) just did enough to sow a doubt in RSl's minds and to give Portland a realistic target to reel in in two weeks time.
  • (8) Even the name Jeremy Hunt is so redolent of upper-class brutality that it feels like he belongs in one of those Martin Amis books where working-class people are called things like Dave Rubbish and Billy Darts (No shade, Martin – I’m just a joke writer: I envy real writers, their metaphors and similes taking off into the imagination sky like big birds or something).
  • (9) "Inevitably, the document will be long, informative and redolent of civil service expertise and attention to detail.
  • (10) The charts are filled with posthumous releases by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, and tracks that seem so redolent of the previous decade that you mentally file them away as being products of the 50s, rather than the 60s: Susan Maughan's Bobby's Girl, Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Elvis Presley 's Return to Sender.
  • (11) Each 60-minute show ratchets up the tension with a countdown and split-screen effect redolent of 24.
  • (12) The poem about Brearley, the memoir of Mac, the loyalty to his friends from Hackney Downs (he is still, 50 years on, in regular touch with three of them, even though two live in Canada and the other in Australia), the Wisdens and scrapbooks and numerous postcards in his study are all redolent of a man for whom the past is ever present.
  • (13) Byrne's brief epistle was redolent of a similar valedictory message left by Reginald Maudling to James Callaghan after Labour won a narrow victory in the 1964 general election.
  • (14) TV drama Bo's account of the confrontation was still more redolent of a TV drama: he said he had walked in on Wang declaring his love to Gu Kailai .
  • (15) These records often sat at the cutting edge of musical fashion, but at the same time, Optimal’s vinyl production lines were redolent of a world that had recently disappeared from view.
  • (16) The genius of Game of Thrones is that in this rich imagining of a world redolent of the medieval, the rules of a middle ages morality play have been so thoroughly discarded.
  • (17) The hunt for the killer of schoolboy Danny Latimer, led by two detectives played by former Doctor Who star David Tennant and Olivia Colman, gripped the nation in a style redolent of "Who shot JR?"
  • (18) It has a hymn-like opening chorus, very melodic and redolent of traditional Russian Orthodox chanting .
  • (19) Twombly returned to sculpture, which he had abandoned in the late 1950s, producing objects redolent of classical architecture or ancient rites, while in his paintings a little later he introduced luminous, watery tones.
  • (20) Roland Barthes wrote an arch meditation on the "indolence" of his scrawls, which for him bore the erotic redolence of some crumpled pair of pants discarded by a rent-boy.

Smell


Definition:

  • (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
  • (n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
  • (n.) To give heed to.
  • (v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
  • (v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
  • (v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.
  • (v. i.) To exercise sagacity.
  • (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
  • (v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) • young clownfish will lose their ability to "smell" the anemone species that they shelter in.
  • (2) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
  • (3) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
  • (4) A history and physical examination focused on signs and symptoms of chemosensory disorders, in combination with screening tests for taste and smell function, can quickly and easily delineate the general type and cause of the dysfunction.
  • (5) The coke sailed up my nasal passage, leaving behind the delicious smell of a hot leather car seat on the way back from the beach.
  • (6) "When I burp and pass wind the smell is absolutely horrendous.
  • (7) Examination of illustrative case reports demonstrates that the qualitative features of the Odorant Confusion Matrix offer additional insights to support etiologic diagnoses of disturbances in sense of smell.
  • (8) Receptor cells with cilia were observed, and although the olfactory system undergoes further differentiation during pouch life and although the olfactory epithelium and bulb of the newborn differs from that of the adult, these facts do not preclude the ability of the newborn to detect smell.
  • (9) Donna Sinclair, head of Options 4 Change, a charity working with black youths "I went to Brixton the morning after and the smell of burning, and what you could see told a huge story.
  • (10) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
  • (11) Anything that good for you might be expected to smell foul and come in a medicine bottle, but the Mediterranean diet is generally considered to be delicious, except by those who hate olive oil.
  • (12) The media, smelling blood, has fallen into pack formation.
  • (13) It might smell close to pot, he said, but would be “tainted” because of all the other items and plants like poison oak burning along with it.
  • (14) Data from each subject were fitted by a compartmental model for zinc metabolism that was developed previously for patients with taste and smell dysfunction.
  • (15) Learning of the motor to the mother smell seems to occur yet in prenatal period.
  • (16) Guardian US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg looked at the role cities would have to play in reducing emissions: At-risk cities hold solutions to climate change: UN report It is already taking shape as the 21st century urban nightmare: a big storm hits a city like Shanghai, Mumbai, Miami or New York, knocking out power supply and waste treatment plants, washing out entire neighbourhoods and marooning the survivors in a toxic and foul-smelling swamp.
  • (17) A sensory world beyond the care setting can be evoked through recorded birdsong or the smell of flowers.
  • (18) Similar messages delivered by previous populist, independent candidates like Ralph Nader and Ross Perot didn’t catch on because there was always that whiff of ego that voters like me could smell, coupled with lack of experience in government.
  • (19) Of the group returning the tests, seven employees reported having smell problems due to allergies or sinus disease.
  • (20) This is payback, without a doubt.” The workers recently won the support of Will Self, who supported a boycott of the venue, writing : “If the punters wake up and smell the crap coffee of corporate greed, perhaps we won’t be so keen on contributing to those revenues.