Flavor vs. Scent

Flavor vs. Scent — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Flavor and Scent

Flavornoun

The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.

Scentnoun

A distinctive odour or smell.

the scent of flowersthe scent of a skunk

Flavornoun

A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.

Flavor was added to the pudding.

Scentnoun

An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

The dogs lost the scent.

Flavornoun

A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.

What flavor of bubble gum do you enjoy?

Scentnoun

The sense of smell.

I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
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Flavornoun

The characteristic quality of something.

the flavor of an experience

Scentnoun

A perfume.

Flavornoun

(informal) A kind or type.

Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.

Scentnoun

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

Flavornoun

(physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).

Scentnoun

(obsolete) Sense, perception.

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Flavornoun

(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.

the flavor of a rose

Scentverb

to detect the scent of

The hounds scented the fox in the woods.

Flavorverb

(transitive) To add flavoring to something.

Scentverb

to impart an odour to

Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.

Flavornoun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

the feel of the city excited hima clergyman improved the tone of the meetingit had the smell of treason

Scentverb

To have a smell.

Flavornoun

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Scentverb

To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Flavornoun

(physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks

Scentnoun

a distinctive odor that is pleasant

Flavorverb

lend flavor to;

Season the chicken breast after roasting it

Scentnoun

an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

Scentnoun

any property detected by the olfactory system

Scentverb

cause to smell or be smelly

Scentverb

catch the scent of; get wind of;

The dog nosed out the drugs

Scentverb

apply perfume to;

She perfumes herself every day