Odor vs. Odour

Odornoun

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

Odournoun

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

Odornoun

(figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.

Odournoun

Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

Odornoun

Esteem; repute.

Odournoun

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;

‘she loved the smell of roses’;

Odornoun

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

‘Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers,That dainty odors from them threw around.’;

Odournoun

any property detected by the olfactory system

Odornoun

any property detected by the olfactory system

Odournoun

a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one

‘the odour of cigarette smoke’;

Odornoun

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;

‘she loved the smell of roses’;

Odournoun

a lingering quality or impression attaching to something

‘an odour of suspicion’;

Odor

An odor (American English) or odour (British English; see spelling differences) is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds that are generally found in low concentrations that humans and animals can perceive by their sense of smell. An odor is also called a or a , which can refer to either a pleasant or an unpleasant odor.

‘smell’; ‘scent’;

Odournoun

the state of being held in a specified regard

‘a decade of bad odour between Britain and the European Community’;