aromatic vs scent

aromatic

noun
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it. 

  • Any aromatic compound. 

adj
  • Fragrant or spicy. 

  • Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons. 

  • Derived from benzene. 

scent

noun
  • A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell. 

  • A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing. 

  • Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase. 

  • A distinctive smell. 

  • The sense of smell. 

verb
  • To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something). 

  • To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. 

  • To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something). 

  • To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell. 

  • To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell. 

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