fug vs smell

fug

noun
  • A heavy, musty, stuffy or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area. 

  • A contemptible person. 

  • A state of chaos or confusion. 

  • A state of lethargy and confusion; daze. 

  • Something of little value. 

  • Used as an intensifier. 

verb
  • To remain indoors, usually understood as being in a tightly closed room. 

  • To damage or destroy. 

  • Used to express displeasure. 

  • To create a fug (heavy unpleasant atmosphere). 

  • To be surrounded by a fug (heavy unpleasant atmosphere). 

  • To put into a fug (daze). 

  • To copulate with. 

smell

noun
  • A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. 

  • A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate. 

  • The sense that detects odours. 

verb
  • To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour. 

  • To smell bad; to stink. 

  • To detect or perceive; often with out. 

  • Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad. 

  • To sense a smell or smells. 

  • To smell of; to have a smell of 

How often have the words fug and smell occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )