Difference between Smell and Smelling

Smell

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. The sense that detects smells.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sense a smell or smells. To have the smell (of). To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

Example sentence: The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Smelling

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sense a smell or smells.