Difference between Smelling and Smell

What is the difference between Smelling and Smell?

Smelling as a verb is to sense a smell or smells. while Smell as a verb is to sense a smell or smells.

Smelling

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sense a smell or smells.

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: Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

We hope you now know whether to use Smelling or Smell in your sentence.

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