Incense vs. Frankincense — What's the Difference?

Incense is aromatic biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt. The term is used for either the material or the aroma.

Frankincense (also known as olibanum) is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French franc encens ('high-quality incense').There are several species of Boswellia that produce true frankincense: Boswellia sacra (syn.

To cause to be extremely angry; infuriate.

An aromatic gum resin obtained from African and Asian trees of the genus Boswellia, used as incense and in perfumes.

To perfume with incense.

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

To burn incense to (a deity, for example) as a ritual offering.

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.

An aromatic substance, such as wood or a gum, that is burned to produce a pleasant odor.

An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

The smoke or odor produced by the burning of such a substance.

A pleasant smell.

A perfume used in the rites of various religions.

(figurative) Homage; adulation.

(transitive) To anger or infuriate.

(archaic) To incite, stimulate.

(transitive) To offer incense to.

(transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.

(obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

To offer incense to. See Incense.

To perfume with, or as with, incense.

The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.

Also used figuratively.

A substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned;

Perfume especially with a censer

Make furious