Rank vs. Smelly

Rank vs. Smelly — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Rank and Smelly

Rankadjective

Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).

rank treasonrank nonsense

Smellyadjective

Having a bad smell.

She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.

Rankadjective

Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.

rank grassrank weeds

Smellyadjective

(figuratively) Having a quality that arouses suspicion.

The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."

Rankadjective

Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.

Smellyadjective

Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

That smelly code needs to be refactored.
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Rankadjective

Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.

rank land

Smellynoun

a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

Rankadjective

Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.

Smellyadjective

offensively malodorous;

a putrid smell

Rankadjective

Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.

Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?

Rankadjective

Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).

I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
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Rankadjective

(informal) Gross, disgusting.

Rankadjective

(obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.

Rankadjective

(obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite; ruttish.

Rankadverb

(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

Ranknoun

A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].

The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.

Ranknoun

(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.

Ranknoun

One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality

Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.The fancy hotel was of the first rank.

Ranknoun

The level of one's position in a class-based society

Ranknoun

a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military

Private First Class (PFC) is the second-lowest rank in the Marines.He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.

Ranknoun

(taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system

Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.

Ranknoun

(linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.

Ranknoun

(mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.

Ranknoun

(algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).

Ranknoun

(mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.

Ranknoun

(chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.

Ranknoun

(typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.

Rankverb

To place abreast, or in a line.

Rankverb

To have a ranking.

Their defense ranked third in the league.

Rankverb

To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.

Rankverb

(US) To take rank of; to outrank.

Ranknoun

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another;

the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen

Ranknoun

relative status;

his salary was determined by his rank and seniority

Ranknoun

the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army);

the strike was supported by the union rank and filehe rose from the ranks to become a colonel

Ranknoun

position in a social hierarchy;

the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

Ranknoun

the body of members of an organization or group;

they polled their membershipthey found dissension in their own rankshe joined the ranks of the unemployed

Rankverb

take or have a position relative to others;

This painting ranks among the best in the Western World

Rankverb

assign a rank or rating to;

how would you rank these students?The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Rankverb

take precedence or surpass others in rank

Rankadjective

very fertile; producing profuse growth;

rank earth

Rankadjective

very offensive in smell or taste;

a rank cigar

Rankadjective

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

a crying shamean egregious lieflagrant violation of human rightsa glaring errorgross ineptitudegross injusticerank treachery

Rankadjective

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;

absolute freedoman absolute dimwita downright lieout-and-out mayheman out-and-out liea rank outsidermany right-down vicesgot the job through sheer persistencesheer stupidity

Rankadjective

growing profusely;

rank jungle vegetation